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The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time!
Use the Educator's Guide and related resources to help plan your visit.

Hands-On Activities for Kids

Encourage your students to engage in hands-on, minds-on fun over summer vacation with these activities.

Stargazing

Stargazing

How many constellations and planets can you find among the stars in the night sky? Record your findings in a stellar sky journal.

Finding Fossils

Finding Fossils

You don't have to be a professional paleontologist to collect fossils. This handy guide shows you how and where to find them.

Feed the Bird

Feed the Bird

Discover the diversity of your local bird population by watching as they eat and recording your observations in a journal.

Create a Coral Reef

Create a Coral Reef

Make a 3D diorama. All you need are pasta, play-doh, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and hair curlers.

Start a Rock Collection

Start a Rock Collection

You can find rocks almost anywhere. Follow these easy steps to collect, observe, sort, and display your rocks.

Views from Windows

Views from Windows

Stretch your imagination with a personal look at how the height and velocity of your vantage point affect the view.

Map Your World

Map Your World

Archaeologists create different kinds of map. Map your own world by creating a plan of your room.

Wear a Chimp On Your Wrist

Wear a Chimp On Your Wrist

Make a bracelet that matches the DNA code of a plant or animal!

Make a Mythic Mask or Puppet

Make a Mythic Mask or Puppet

Put on these handmade masks and puppets and tell your own mythic tale.