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<p>This Smithsonian Science How learning collection, from Q?rius at the National Museum of Natural History, is part of a distance learning program at <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/distance-learning">https://naturalhistory.si.edu/...</a> This collection focuses on the biodiversity of tiny, deep ocean life. Targeted at middle schoolers, the collection invites students into an authentic understanding of how biologists find, classify, and name microscopic animals that live in the open ocean. Zoologist Dr. Karen Osborn is featured as an expert explainer. The collection includes an interactive webcast video with discussion questions, cross-cutting activities, an independent project, and other resources for teachers and students.</p> <p><strong>Key Terms:</strong></p> <p><em>marine zoology, mid-water, pelagic, invertebrate, biodiversity, DNA barcoding, taxonomy</em></p> <p><strong>Key Concepts:</strong></p> <ul><li>Mid-water ecosystem biodiversity</li><li>Distribution of mid-water animals</li><li>Ecology and adaptations of ocean invertebrates</li><li>Ocean biodiversity and its global importance</li><li>Technology used by marine invertebrate zoologists</li></ul>

<p>This Smithsonian Science How learning collection, from Q?rius at the National Museum of Natural History, is part of a distance learning program at <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/distance-learning">https://naturalhistory.si.edu/...</a> This collection focuses on the science of mummies. Targeted at middle schoolers, the collection invites students into an authentic understanding of how mummies form, both naturally and culturally. Physical and forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunt is featured as an expert explainer. The collection includes an interactive webcast video with discussion questions, cross-cutting activities, an independent project, and other resources for teachers and students.</p> <p>This collection was created to support the 2016 CCSSO Teachers of the Year Day at the Smithsonian.</p> <p><strong>Key Terms:</strong> physical anthropology, archaeology, skeletal remains, mummification, burial practices, decomposition, culture</p> <p><strong>Key Concepts:</strong></p> <p>Skeletal analysis for age, sex, ancestry, and health</p> <p>Cultural burial practices over time</p> <p>Chemical process of mummification</p> <p>Scientific benefits of studying mummies</p> <p>Technology used by physical anthropologists</p>

<p>This Smithsonian Science How learning collection, from Q?rius at the National Museum of Natural History, is part of a distance learning program at <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/distance-learning">https://naturalhistory.si.edu/...</a> This collection focuses on meteorites and related spacecraft missions. Targeted at middle schoolers, the collection invites students into an authentic understanding of meteorites as sources of information about our solar system. Geologist Dr. Tim McCoy is featured as an expert explainer. The collection includes an interactive webcast video with discussion questions, cross-cutting activities, an independent project, and other resources for teachers and students.</p> <p><strong>Key Terms:</strong> geology, meteorites, asteroids, minerals, space missions, orbit, solar system history</p> <p><strong>Key Concepts:</strong></p> <p>- Evidence from meteorites about Earth's formation</p> <p>- Characteristics of meteorites, meteors, asteroids</p> <p>- Mineral origins of the universe</p> <p>- Importance of space missions for astronomy</p> <p>- Technology used by meteoriticists</p>