We'll even meet some animals who use minerals to survive in nature. See what birds, frogs, and other animals look like on the inside as we study animals and their amazing skeletons. Learn how different skeletons are designed for jumping, flying and other lifestyles. Then examine our own human skeleton to see how we compare with other animals and fit into the boney world. Learn how museums work as you explore our collections where scientists maintain over 21 million specimens and artifacts used by researchers throughout the world.
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Guided by museum science educators, students use museum artifacts, living collections, and equipment in a laboratory setting that emphasizes development of critical thinking and investigative skills. Students study rocks, fossils, and living animals that provide the clues to ancient oceans, volcanoes, ice ages and more. As we construct each chapter of our geological story, we'll learn what New England looked like, who lived here, and how we know. Students explore the building blocks of geology in this hands-on introduction to mineralogy. Identify and classify common minerals using basic analytical tests for hardness, cleavage, streak, specific gravity and more.