After taking your students on a virtual tour of the American Museum of Natural History, consider these follow-up classroom activities for each of the field trip stops: the wolf diorama, the giant mosquito model, and the Ahnighito Meteorite.
Activities:
Space Terminology
What’s the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? What about a comet and an asteroid? A supernova and a supergiant?
Which Rock Is Which?
Put together a collection of six or so different types of rocks, including a meteorite. Challenge your students to figure out which one is the meteorite.
- Part of Collection:
- Subjects:Astronomy and Space
