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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDichotomous 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Lou Got the Flu
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, CellsThis article from the American Museum of Natural History's family magazine series traces the spread of the flu virus from a duck...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow 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: 0
Resource Type: DocumentUnderstanding Cladistics
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Science and 2 additional..In this classroom activity, middle school students explore cladistics by creating a cladogram. The activity opens with backgroun...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Plant Ecology, Abridged
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things and 3 additional..After speculating about why plants are more abundant in some areas, students count the plants in their group plots and compare t...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Plant Identification, Abridged
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis unit helps students prepare for their fieldwork by developing their observational skills and introducing them to resources ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow to Identify Plants in the Field
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis article, part of Biodiversity Counts, provides insight into the important task of identifying plant specimens. The article ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
What Is Biodiversity? (Abridged)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things and 3 additional..After conducting fieldwork and reviewing biodiversity research, students will gain a better understanding of biodiversity. The e...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkParts of a Spider: Dorsal View of a Male Spider
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis illustrated guide (dorsal view) to a male spider is designed to help students recognize and learn its common and unique bod...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Calculating a Biodiversity Index
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn this Biodiversity Counts activity, students learn how scientists calculate a biodiversity index using a page from the phone b...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHayden Planetarium: The Digital Universe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThe Hayden Planetarium's Digital Universe has been engaged since 1988 in the three-dimensional mapping of data groups ranging in...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
What Makes a Good Site for Field Study? Abridged
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things and 3 additional..This unit offers a hands-on approach to helping students learn what makes a good site for studying biodiversity. It's designed t...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFront View of an Insect (Grasshopper) Head
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life SciencesThis illustrated guide to a grasshopper's head is designed to help students recognize and learn the many parts found on an insec...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity Software
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..This reference list has seven software programs that delve into biodiversity and conservation efforts. For each title, the theme...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmphibian Species of the World Database
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Life SciencesBased at the AMNH, the Amphibian Species of the World Database has been a work-in-progress since 1980. The online catalog is des...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
A Biological and Conservation Assessment of Huong Son Forest, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..Produced by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, this report is based on a large mammal and bird survey of the Huong So...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Europeans: Treasures from the Hills of Atapuerca
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Humanities, History-Social ScienceThis Web site, created to complement The First Europeans: Treasures from the Hills of Atapuerca exhibit, looks at the journey of...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity and Human Health: A Guide for Policymakers
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..Produced by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, this brief guide summarizes for policymakers the consequences of biodi...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkParts of a Spider: Ventral View of a Female Spider
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis illustrated guide (ventral view) to a female spider is designed to help students recognize and learn its common and unique ...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Comparison of the Bisbee and Morenci, Arizona, Copper Ore Deposits
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis winning entry in the Museum's Young Naturalist Awards 2004 by Amanda, a 13 year old student from Arizona, examines the geol...Contributor: American Museum of Natural History (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0