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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Types of Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
This particular site is part of a larger online exhibit from the Natural History Museum covering various aspects of fossils and fossil research. Here, seven types of fossils are listed and each type is given a picture representation.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Fossil Folklore

For Students 9th - 10th
Under the expansive online exhibit from the Natural History Museum on fossils, this site examines a series of myths associated with fossils including topics on monkeys, snakes, serpents, monsters, and more.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Birds Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site is home to six individual topics related to birds including four videos on different aspects and types of birds.
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Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: First Colony: Our Spanish Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a lesson plan from the University of Florida Natural History Museum. It is a lesson on the impact that the immigrants of Jamestown, VA had on American culture and the melting pot they created in the early colonial days.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Dinosaur Dig

For Students 3rd - 5th
The San Diego Natural History Museum provides dinosaur lovers with plenty of information and fun facts with links to Finding Fossils and Dinosaur Bytes.
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Activity
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mike Rumsey Mineralogist

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a question and answer session in text format with Mike Rumsey, resident Mineralogist at the Natural History Museum. The questions are directed at understanding what it means to be a Mineralogist and to study rocks...
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University of Oklahoma

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This home page of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History contains links to find more information on the museum such as what exhibits are available, collections and research, the facility, and much more.
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Idaho State University

Idaho Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains many links to ongoing exhibits, helpful natural history information, and other fun and educational links, including a "Just for Kids" link. Great place for the natural history bunk!
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Muesum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official home of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History located in Pittsburgh. The site gives information on the museum's exhibits and contains online exhibits. The site also provides general information about the museum itself.
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Natural History Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
California Academy of Sciences is the oldest scientific institution in the West. This great site describes the museum and shows pictures of various exhibits.
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Other

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cleveland Museum of Natural History site provides information, programs, educational services, exhibits, collections/research and fun.
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Other

National Museum of Natural History: Museum National D'histoire Naturelle

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the National Museum of Natural History and its various galleries, gardens, and zoos in France.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
Online home of the American Museum of Natural History. Find out about the museum's latest events, exhibitions, and programs.
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Burke Museum

The Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The museum features online quizzes and exhibits like Kennewick Man, "Mammals of Washington," Amphibians and Reptiles of Washington," archeology, and vertebrate paleontology.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the opening page for an online exhibit on mammals. The topics covered in this exhibit include whales, dolphins, bats, humans, chimps, and more.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Fossil Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger online exhibit on fossils and what fossils are, this site specifically deals with the formation of fossils. A six-step, detailed chart is provided with specific information explaining each step.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Hydrothermal Vents

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is part of a larger online exhibit on the world of oceans. The information on this page is very brief in relation to hydrothermal vents, but the site links to a full-length pdf format article on the subject. The article is...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Lichens

For Students 9th - 10th
This expansive guide to lichens offerings many helpful resources. After a lengthy introduction complete with picture examples, this site offers a lichen guide to lichens on twigs.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Meteorites

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit on meteorites, this site provides a series of topics on meteors answering questions such as what is a meteor, to providing information on types of meteors and studying meteors.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (Uk): Biodiversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a wealth of scientific information on the status of biodiversity in the world today, the threats it faces, and why it is critically important to preserve it.
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Activity
San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Mineral Matters: Grow Your Own Crystals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to create crystals. This is a great experiment for students to use in learning about the structure and formation of crystals.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Shark School: Shark Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good external anatomy site for sharks in particular.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Lambeosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at what fossil evidence reveals about the life and ecological interactions of the lambeosaurus dinosaur.
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Other

Natural History Museum of Geneva: The Hydrozoa Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed page includes straightforward information along with beautiful photographs. Covers the sub-classes as well.