Welcome to OLogy!
The science website
for kids from
the American Museum
of Natural History.

  • Reading
    Mystery of the Mate: A Wasp Research Adventure

    Will these entomOLogists discover which parasitoid wasps belong together? Read this comic to find out!

    New on OLogy!
  • Video
    Meet the OLogist: Mandë Holford

    Find out why Alice in Wonderland is Mandë's favorite poison story.

    OLogy Pick
  • Hands-on
    Microbes Coloring Book & Scavenger Hunt

    See if you can find the hidden microbes on each coloring page!

    OLogy Pick
  • Hands-on
    Buried Bones

    Bury chicken bones in plaster of Paris to see the challenges paleontologists face when excavating fossils.

    OLogy Pick
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Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

OLogy Card of the Day

Mongolia
Total cards: 377
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

Mongolia
Total cards: 377
What are OLogy Cards?

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

Explore by Activity Type

Games
Reading
Hands-on
Videos

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

OLogy Card of the Day

Mongolia
Total cards: 377
What are OLogy Cards?

"OLogy" means "the study of" Choose an OLogy!

Anthropology

People and cultures in the past and today

Archaeology

People and artifacts from ancient time

Astronomy

The Universe and everything in it

Biodiversity

The rich variety of life on Earth 

Brain

The organ inside our skulls

Climate Change

Long-term changes in global temperature

Earth

The dynamic planet that we call home

Genetics

How genes are passed down generations

Marine Biology

Life in the ocean

Microbiology

Bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms

PaleontOLogy

Dinosaurs and other things that lived long ago

Physics

Light and matter through space and time

Water

The liquid that makes life on Earth possible

Zoology

All animals from insects to mammals

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Reading
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Popular Topics

artifact • bacteria • bird • coral reef • dinosaur • DNA • ecosystem • endangered • extinct • fish • fossil • gravity • greenhouse effect • ice • insect • mammals • Mars • myth • neuron • rock • star • volcano