Experience the wonders of natural history in your classroom.
• See Museum specimens and real instruments while learning professional scientific methods.
• 60 minutes unless otherwise noted
• Aligned to Ohio Academic Content Standards
• Maximum of 30 students per class; larger class size may result in an additional charge
Information on cost, scheduling, and more here.
OHIO ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS: TEETH, BEAKS, AND FURS | LEVEL: K–3rd
All living things require the same basic needs in order to survive, but each species has unique adaptations to help them. Students will use animal beaks, skulls, and furs to figure out how local Ohio animals get their food in the wild. By comparing many Museum specimens, students will be able to identify the characteristics that help each species eat without being eaten themselves.
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3 LS – Behavior, Growth, and Changes
OHIO NATIVE AMERICANS: NATIVE CULTURES THROUGH TIME | LEVEL: 3rd–5th
For 12,000 years or more, Native Americans have been living in Ohio. From the Paleo-‐Indians, through the mound building of the Woodland tradition, to the historic tribes, evidence, in the form of artifacts, reveals their lifestyles. Become an archaeologist and discover clues to the past.
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3 HIST – Heritage
3 GEOG – Places and Regions, Human Systems
4 HIST – Heritage
5 HIST – Early Civilizations
TEETH TELLING TALES: FOSSILS UNCOVER ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS | LEVEL: 3rd–8th
Join us as we replicate a day of research with Dr. Darin Croft, paleontologist with Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Specializing in mammals that went extinct millions of years ago, Dr. Croft’s work launches this lab experience by illustrating how careful measurements of fossil teeth can help scientists build a picture of entire ancient ecosystems. Using real diagnostic equipment and casts of specimens found during recent South American fieldwork, your amateur paleobiologists will learn how ancient teeth tell tales!
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3 LS – Behavior and Growth Changes
4 LS – Earth’s Living History
5 LS – Interactions Within Ecosystems
BODYWORKS: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN INTERNAL ANATOMY | LEVEL: 4th–6th
What does a real heart look like? And how does it team up with our brain, muscles, bones, and lungs? This program uses preserved specimens and anatomical models to teach students about the organization of the human body. Learn the structures and functions of several major organ systems and see how they interact to keep the whole human organism alive.
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4–5 HLTH – 1.5.2
DINO DETECTIVES: IDENTIFYING FOSSILS | LEVEL: 2nd–5th
Calling all junior paleontologists: we need your help to identify the latest fossilized find! Become part of the team on the Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project where scientists from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Royal Ontario Museum are working together to uncover clues from the Mesozoic Era. By comparing your evidence with existing fossil records and known facts about modern wildlife, you’ll soon discover who this animal is and how it made Alberta, Canada home over 75 million years ago.
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3 LS – Behavior, Growth, and Changes
4 ESS – Earth’s Surface
4 LS – Earth’s Living History