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Virtual Field Trips & Learning Experiences

Connect your students to Museum instruction from your school or from their homes with the Museum’s award-winning Virtual Field Trips & Learning Experiences. Our virtual programs are available to fit your schedule and curriculum needs. These programs have earned the Pinnacle Award from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.

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BALTO: A HISTORY OF HUMANS, HUSKIES, AND HEALTH IN ALASKA | LEVEL: K–12th

Did you know that the real Balto is at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History? Bring the amazing achievements of mushers and their sled dogs into your classroom as we present the story of Balto and the heroic dogs and mushers of the 1925 Alaskan Serum Run, and compare their experience to the Iditarod of today. Discuss diphtheria and find out why the outbreak in Nome, Alaska is so famous. Investigate equipment used to enable humans and huskies to survive in harsh Arctic conditions. Hear how the entire city of Cleveland rallied to the aid of Balto and his teammates after they were abandoned and mistreated. It’s a ‘tail’ for all ages!

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9–12 HLTH – 2.12.2, 2.12.6, 2.12.10

HUMAN EVOLUTION: FOLLOWING LUCY'S FOOTSTEPS | LEVEL: 6th–10th

Investigate the most current research on human evolution with specialists in the field. Trace the development of modern humans using information from fossil hominids as well as clues from living primates. Research-quality casts of specimens from the Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection, one of the largest research collections of modern human skeletons in the world, are used to illustrate unique human physiological traits.

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9–12 BIO – Heredity
9–12 BIO – Evolution

DRUGS 301: THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY | LEVEL: 7th–12th

Learn the science behind chemical addiction and find out what physical consequences arise from the use of different categories of drugs. What are current drug trends and emerging health concerns around them? Actual medical specimens will impress upon students the powerful effect drugs have on our lives.

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9–12 HLTH – 1.12.1, 1.12.8, 1.12.9, 2.12.3, 3.12.2, 3.12.4, 5.12.1

HUES OF HUMANS: SKIN COLOR SCIENCE | LEVEL: 7th–12th

Humans primarily use our sense of sight to recognize individuals, and we place much importance on visual cues. Skin color is both an adaptation to life under the sun and a critical way we identify ourselves. Explore Museum research and how studying human evolution better equips us to understand our general mammalian physiology. The many hues of humans reveal unique health issues our species faced as we began living in diverse habitats away from Africa more than 100,000 years ago.

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9–12 BIO – Heredity
9–12 BIO – Evolution
9–12 SS – American History
9–12 SS – Contemporary World Issues

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