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

  • Reading
    a velociraptor and protoceratops face each other in battle
    Fighting Dinos

    About 80 million years ago two dinosaurs were locked in deadly combat when they were suddenly buried alive. See one of the greatest fossil specimens ever found.

    OLogy Pick
  • Video + Game
    Silk Road Fables

    Take a look at some stories that were told along the Silk Road.

    OLogy Pick
  • Reading
    If Rocks Could Talk

    Meet six rocks that travelled to the Museum from places like Mexico, Scotland, and even outer space.

    OLogy Pick
  • Hands-on
    Nature or Nurture Quiz

    Find out which of your traits are due to nature OR both nature and nurture. 

    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

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Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

E=mc²
Total cards: 379
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

E=mc²
Total cards: 379
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