Sites We Recommend
Here are a few sites we recommend:
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
What else can be said about natural history? They have it ALL!
Whether you enjoy astronomy, minerals, meteorites, dinosaurs, human origins, whatever!
If you go - and you should go - and you never get lost ... you haven't seen everything!
The cream of the crop.
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Our local version of the New York model on a less overwhelming scale.
If you want to stay away from the big city, this is your natural history museum of choice. ... And it isn't far from the Franklin Institute - the home of sciences for all ages!
For the Academy of Natural Sciences go to:
Da Vinci Science Center
The Da Vinci Science Center our local science center in Allentown, PA for all ages.
Some of the exhibits are:
Watch Water Freeze where you can watch as ice crystals form
Pet a Sea Creature - you can actually pet a starfish or horseshoe crab
Explore the Geology of the Region - see local rock types and their fossils
Age of the Dinosaurs - actual fossils and reproductions
These are just a sampling of the many hands-on exhibits within this science center.
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Reading Public Museum
The Reading Public Museum is a gem for all ages.
Some of the exhibits are:
natural history - small but nice
American Indian culture
the ancient world which includes some actual cuneiform tablets
a real mummy with a video of a scan they had done
These are just a sampling of the many exhibits within this center.
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These are a few of the resources that are nearby.
Check out these web sites:
Enchanted Learning
An excellent web site for dinosaurs, astronomy, etc.
There are printable coloring books, dinosaur jokes, and information pages for any age.Go to their website:
Dinosaur Dental Discoveries
Information about the types of dinosaur teeth and what they tell you about the dinosaur.
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The Smithsonian
Where else but a national museum for loads of natural history.
Ideally you will visit but, until then, this site will certainly wet your appetite.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology
An incredible resource!
Information for everyone including teacher resource/lessons. You will probably spend a lot of time on this site.
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Science Rocks!
The most complete traveling natural history museum.
This traveling museum goes to schools in the eastern Pennsylvania area giving presentations to students from elementary age on up.
The museum has fossils covering all time eras from the Precambrian through the Cenozoic.