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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 cells microscopically
  • Observe and describe the ability of plants and animals to sense and respond to their environment

Scientific Connections And Applications

  • Understand and describe examples of the importance of scientists, science, and technology (microscopes, SEM, penicillin) and the impact that they have on our lives
  • Understand the relationship between form and function, order and organization, change and constancy
  • Develop appropriate choices leading to good personal health

Scientific Tools and Technologies

  • Use microscopes to observe and measure organisms
  • Acquire information from observation and print sources Based on the New York State Elementary Science Core Curriculum and the New York City New Standards™