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Two black and white orcas swimming in a green, blue, and purple field of color

Teacher Guide | All Grades

Educator Resource Guide | Orcas: Our Shared Future

Take a deep dive into the world of orcas with your students using this educator guide!

smilodon skeleton inside tar pits interior

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Ice Age Tessellations

Create your own Tar Pits themed tessellations!

tar pits r&C excavations

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Tar Pits Excavation Grid

Practice collecting information from a grid of fossils just like a paleontologist!

Mammoth skeleton with curved tusks shot from below with a blue circular ceiling above

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

The Ice Age Diner

Examine the teeth of fossil specimens at the Tar Pits and use what you infer about their diet to prepare a customized meal for each animal.

Fox diorama with three foxes

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Fox Skull Size Change

Learn about island dwarfism in this math lesson!

Vanessa Vobis shows children plants in the garden

Activity | All Grades

Nature Search

Welcome to our Nature Gardens! Use this Nature Search to get to know the plants and animals that call this urban greenspace home, and use your knowledge to find them all over the city after your visit! You might be surprised by how many different types of life can be found here in Los Angeles. Ver página en español.

Photo of a butterfly in the NHM butterfly pavillion

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Pollinators help us bloom at NHM!

Pollinators help our Nature Gardens flourish. Take this scavenger hunt with you around our Nature Gardens to see if your can spot some of these pollinators at work!

Snowy mountains rise behind a snow leopard sitting with its prey.

Activity | All Grades

Reframing Dioramas Scavenger Hunt

Art and science collide in NHM's historic diorama halls! Use this scavenger hunt to explore Reframing Dioramas.

North American Diorama Hall

Lesson Plan | All Grades

Daring Dioramas

Discover the art and science of dioramas and invite your students to build their own!

Snail in a tiny desk with a tiny science notebook

Lesson Plan | All Grades

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