Learning Resources | La Brea Tar Pits
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Learning Resources | La Brea Tar Pits
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Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Ice Age Tessellations
Create your own Tar Pits themed tessellations!
Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Tar Pits Excavation Grid
Practice collecting information from a grid of fossils just like a paleontologist!
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.
Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Fox Skull Size Change
Learn about island dwarfism in this math lesson!
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!
Lesson Plan | All Grades
Daring Dioramas
Discover the art and science of dioramas and invite your students to build their own!
Activity | All Grades
Art Inside & Out: Introductory Drawing Lessons Inspired by NHMLAC Collections
With keen observational drawing skills and the amazing collections of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County to explore, your journey with this art activity guide will be a scientific, cultural, and artistic one.
Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Becoming Los Angeles Scavenger Hunt
GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Los Angeles Underwater Scavenger Hunt
Teacher Guide | All Grades
Teachable Moments: Los Angeles Underwater
A Teacher Guide to help guide your students' experience in our newest temporary exhibit: "
L.A. Underwater: The Prehistoric Sea Beneath Us"
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Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Ice Age Tessellations
Create your own Tar Pits themed tessellations!
Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Tar Pits Excavation Grid
Practice collecting information from a grid of fossils just like a paleontologist!
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.
Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Fox Skull Size Change
Learn about island dwarfism in this math lesson!
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!
Lesson Plan | All Grades
Daring Dioramas
Discover the art and science of dioramas and invite your students to build their own!
Activity | All Grades
Art Inside & Out: Introductory Drawing Lessons Inspired by NHMLAC Collections
With keen observational drawing skills and the amazing collections of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County to explore, your journey with this art activity guide will be a scientific, cultural, and artistic one.
Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Becoming Los Angeles Scavenger Hunt
GR 2-5 | GR 6-12
Los Angeles Underwater Scavenger Hunt
Teacher Guide | All Grades
Teachable Moments: Los Angeles Underwater
A Teacher Guide to help guide your students' experience in our newest temporary exhibit: "
L.A. Underwater: The Prehistoric Sea Beneath Us"