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Dichotomous Keys for Arthropods
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Life SciencesThis reference tool allows students to identify an arthropod's order by making a series of guided decisions, such as six legs or...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Tips for Identifying Poison Ivy
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis online article, from Biodiversity Counts, is a tip sheet to help students learn how to spot and avoid poison ivy. It has an...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Parts of a Flower
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide is designed to help students recognize and learn the different parts of a flower. The single Web page can...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Leaf Margins
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide is designed to help students recognize and learn the difference between entire and toothed leaf margins. ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Leaf Shape
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide is designed to help students recognize and learn the different types of leaf shapes. The single Web page,...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Types of Compound Leaves
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide is designed to help students recognize and learn the different types of compound leaves. The single Web p...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Leaf Type
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide to leaf types is designed to help students understand the differences between compound and simple leaves....Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Keeping a Field Journal I
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis article, part of Biodiversity Counts, provides insight into keeping field journals. The article discusses why journals are ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Leaf Arrangement
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide to leaf arrangement shows students how leaves attached at a stem node can be in alternate, opposite, or w...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Parts of a Corn Seedling
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide to a corn seedling (Zea mays, Monocotyledon) is designed to help students recognize and learn the plant's...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Parts of a Soybean Seedling
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis illustrated guide to a soybean seedling (Glycine max, Dicotyledon) is designed to help students recognize and learn the pla...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Dichotomous Key for Conifers
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesThis reference tool allows students to identify a coniferous tree species by making a series of guided decisions about shape, si...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Field Guides
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Classification, Life Sciences, ScienceThis reference includes individual titles of note along with the most popular field guide series. For each guide, the author, pu...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Who Are the Plants?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life SciencesThis online article, from Biodiversity Counts, offers a brief overview of the plant kingdom. Specifically, it covers the two bas...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Suggested Readings on Biodiversity
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This reference list has more than 25 books on biodiversity. For each title, the book's author, publisher, and publication date a...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How to Set Up a Yellow Pan Trap
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life SciencesIn this Biodiversity Counts activity, students learn how to set up a yellow pan trap to attract insects drawn to the color yello...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How to Set Up a Berlese Funnel
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life SciencesIn this Biodiversity Counts activity, students learn how to set up a Berlese funnel and coax tiny arthropods out of their habita...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How to Make a Killing Jar
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life SciencesThis Biodiversity Counts illustration shows students how to make a simple killing jar to preserve arthropods for further study. ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How to Mount Dried Plants
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life SciencesIn this Biodiversity Counts article, students learn how to preserve their plant pressings.Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Squamate Fun Facts
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Classification, Life Sciences, ScienceThis online collection of fun facts was created to support the Museum's Lizards & Snakes: Alive! exhibit. It includes 25 facts a...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
