Learning Resources

Teacher Guide | All Grades

How To: Set up an Animal Track Station

A track station is an area created to record the presence and/or activity of animals in a particular location. This guide has great tips to help you and your student be successful in setting one up!

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

The Right Tool for the Job

In this lesson, students will use observational evidence to make a claim about how the external features of each animal's teeth would help them eat their food.

Video | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

So Many Bugs to See!

Celebrate the wonder of bugs with The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s very own bug band, the Luv Bugzzz, and their song “So Many Bugs to See”.

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Build Your Own Simulated Matrix Sifter!

In this activity, students will be challenged to engineer their own simulated matrix sifter to practice their microfossil sifting skills!

Activity | All Grades

Nature Memory Mapping

Video | All Grades

Mammoth Behavior

What do we know about mammoth behavior? How can we learn more?

Video | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Animal Meet & Greet: Fears and Phobias, Pt. 2

What makes us afraid of some animals?