Virtual Field Trip – Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Take your students on a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. This 11 page Google document includes navigation directions and guided questions that explore the museum’s many exhibits including:

1. What are the characteristics of mammals? Where are mammals found?
2. What makes us human? What do we know about human ancestors?
3. How does human success benefit and harm the planet?
4. What information does the ocean sediment give us?
5. How is biodiversity exhibited in the ocean?
6. Why is African culture important?
7. How are meteorites different from earth rocks?
8. What are the causes, and effects, of mass extinctions?

This resource is available as a forced copy completely editable Google hyperdoc and includes an answer key. Appropriate for middle schoolers and will take about 45-60 minutes to complete.