| Artificial Anatomy: Collection |
| Online gallery of more than30 papier-mâché anatomical models of humans, animals, and plants from the museums Artificial Anatomy Collection. Targets grades 6-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Artificial Anatomy: History |
| Online exhibit exploring the history of papier-mâché, comparative anatomy, and methods of learning anatomy in the 20th century. Targets grades 6-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Artificial Anatomy: Preservation |
| Online exhibit highlighting the methods of preservation used in restoring the museum's papier-mâché collection. Covers the necessity for preservation, examination methods used, and preservation techniques. Also useful for the study of anatomy. Targets grades 6-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Artificial Anatomy: Resources |
| Bibliographic material, web links, and museum collections reviewed by the National Museum of American History and relating to the online exhibition Artificial Anatomy: Papier-Mâché Anatomical Models. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Artificial Anatomy Homepage |
| Online exhibit highlighting the Museum’s varied collection of papier-mâché anatomical models. Focuses on two themes, the history and use of papier-mâché anatomical models and their construction, conservation and preservation. Also includes an interactive game and searchable database of anatomical models. Targets grades 6-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Cell Game |
| Lesson in which students create a game that tests peers’ knowledge of cell structure and function. They go through the design process of prototyping, receiving feedback, and redesigning their game. |
| Provider: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 9–12 |
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| Heart Mobiles In Action! |
| Lesson in which students demonstrate their understanding of the heart and its role in the body by creating a model that is displayed in the classroom as a mobile or wall hanging. |
| Provider: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 9–12 |
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| Artificial Anatomy: Body Parts |
| Online interactive where students learn anatomy by matching images of body parts to their location on Jerome, a papier-mâché anatomical model. Targets grades 6-8. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8 |
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| Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th Century Chesapeake Educator's Manual |
| This teacher's guide to the Smithsonian's Written in Bone exhibition offers four activities for students in grades 5-12. Students learn about forensic anthropology as they analyze primary sources and build vocabulary and comprehension. Includes information on “bone biographies,” anatomy, and colonial American history. |
| Provider: National Museum of Natural History |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Written in Bone: The Secret in the Cellar |
| In this 37-page “webcomic,” an anthropology intern named Ana helps to solve a colonial-era murder case. It all begins when Ana, expecting to find “an old jug or two” on her first dig, discovers a human skull. The story is based on actual work by Smithsonian forensic anthropologists studying human remains from Jamestown, Virginia, and St. Mary's City, Maryland. |
| Provider: National Museum of Natural History |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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