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Hidden Kingdoms

Throughout the Hidden Kingdoms exhibition visitors view a variety of different living microorganisms using specially designed Easy-View® microscopes. These microscopes are securely attached to tables and are pre-focused for the slides meant to be used with them. All visitors have to do is move the palette holding the slide into a position directly under the microscope's lens. Everyone, even the youngest children, are guaranteed views of more than a dozen different wriggling, whirling, microscopic organisms.

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Curriculum Connections

Life Science

  • Observe and explain how plants and animals depend on each other, and how their characteristics help them survive in different environments
  • Understand how various factors can affect the life span and life cycles of various organisms
  • Describe how organisms and the environment are dependent on one another Scientific Connections And Applications
  • Understand and describe examples of the importance of scientists, science, and technology and the impact they have on our lives, such as how research scientists discover new treatments for diseases

Scientific Tools and Technologies

  • Use technology and tools such as magnifiers, microscopes, balances, thermometers, and computers to observe and measure objects, organisms, and phenomena

Scientific Communications

  • Acquire information from observation, experimentation, print and non-print sources
  • Use information gathered from experiments and other sources to explain observations and events, including actively listening for alternative interpretations and ideas

Based on the New York State Elementary Science Core Curriculum and the New York City New Standards