Smithsonian Museum Of Natural History(SMNH)
Lesson Plans For K-12 And Class Field Trip
References
▪ Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Website
▪ Bergman, J., & Sams, A. (2012). Flip your classroom (pp.
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▪ Edutopia. (2010, September 21). The Sound of Learning:
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▪ Smith, G., & Throne, S. (2009). Differentiated Instruction and middle school learners. In
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Orientation Video for SMNH
▪ https://
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&
v=3rRd07ZFGQE
Smithsonian Orientation
▪ Check on line www.qrius.si.edu at the Smithsonian Museum.
▪ Lesson plans and worksheets for K-12 are available.
▪ Multiple intelligences personalities of students will
engage, collaborate, and communicate information on their studies at the museum.
▪ There are resources for teachers and students by
viewing online the different studies.
Collections at Smithsonian Museum
Different Departments at the Smithsonian
• Anthropology is the study of past and present peoples’ lives and culture.
• Botany is the study of plants . The Smithsonian has a complex greenhouse facility.
• Entomology is the study of insects. There are 35 million specimens at the museum.
• Invertebrate Zoology is one of the older departments in the museum.
• Mineral Sciences is the effects of the geologic phenomena of the earth’s atmosphere.
• Paleobiology is the study of fossils and their effect on the earth.
• Vertebrate Zoology is the study of animals with backbones.
• Birds
• Fishes
• Mammals
• Amphibians & Reptiles
