This museum, located in New York, has a website that is not nearly as interactive as the LOC. They do, however, have a science tab that has lots to explore. There is an 9 minute video using google earth and photographs that documents the museum's scientists as they travel the globe and look at different animals, dig up fossils and artifacts. There is a section about digging and looking for dinosaur specimens. I know this would be fun for the students to see when learning about dinosaurs. There is also an interesting tidbit of coral reefs. There is another video on that page that has to do with the ecology of climate change. The video highlights experiments done in Alaska to help predict climate change. Alaska is used because of the extreme changes that have occurred there. There are over 45 other science bulletins with topics such as space, humans, earth and bio. These could be great supplements when studying any of these topics in class.
Under the education link, you can find a field trip to the moon. It is primarily meant for before and after your visit to the planetarium there at AMNH, but it looks as though some of the resources listed could be adapted and used in the classroom when talking about the moon.
There is an interactive floorplan so you can see what is in the museum and where it's located. This would be especially helpful when planning a trip there to make sure you see what you really set out to see if your time is limited. Unless you are in the New York area and planning a trip to the museum, the videos, bulletins & podcasts are really the only things you could use in the classroom. In isn't as spectacular as the interactive LOC website.
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