Virtual Field Trips
For student to learn more.
Buffalo Museum of Scioence
LInk to tour
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Vocabulary | Buffalo Museum of Science
Amphibian | (n.) Cold-blooded animals that have backbones but not scales, such as frogs and salamanders.
Archaeology | (n.) The study of things that people made, used, and left behind.
Aquatic | (adj.) Of, in, or relating to water.
Asteroids | (n.) Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Scientists believe that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by a large asteroid colliding with Earth.
Bacteria | (n.) Tiny, single-celled organisms found in all natural environments.
Biodiversity | (n.) The rich variety of life on Earth.
Brachiopod | (n.) A category of marine animals with bivalve shells and two arms with tentacles. They were common during the Paleozoic era, but most are extinct today.
Carbon dating | (n.) The scientific practice of measuring the amount of carbon inside a once living thing to determine its age.
Climate change | (n.) A change in the typical weather for a region over a long period of time.
Devonian Age | (n.) A geologic period during the Paleozoic Era covering 60.3 million years
Diversity | (n.) Difference or variety.
Encroachment | (n.) The spread of humans, buildings, and other development into natural areas.
Endangered | (adj.) A plant or animal species in danger of disappearing from Earth forever.
Environment | (n.) Everything that surrounds humans and other organisms, including living and nonliving things.
Evidence | (n.) Proof that something is true.
Exhibit | (n.) A group of items on public display at a museum or gallery.
Extinction | (n.) The disappearance or elimination of an entire species.
Fossil | (n.) Traces of plants and animals from long ago that give scientists clues about what life was like in the distant past.
Fossil record | (n.) A collection of fossils that document the history of life on Earth.
Geologist | (n.) A scientist that studies rocks and what they are made of.
Geology | (n.) The study of rocks and the history of Earth.
Glacier | (n.) Huge masses of ice that form over hundreds of years.
Ice Age | (n.) A long period in Earth’s history when average temperatures of a region decrease and glaciers cover large areas of land. The most recent ice age started over 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 10,000 years ago.
Mastodon | (n.) A large animal with tusks that lived thousands of years ago, but is now extinct.
Metamorphism | (n.) A geological process that changes the structure and composition of rocks.
Organic material | (n.) Matter from a recently living organism.
Organism | (n.) Any living thing.
Sample | (n.) A small part of something that represents a bigger whole.
Sediment | (n.) Small pieces of minerals, organic matter, or preexisting rocks that can be moved by water, wind, or ice.
Specimen | (n.) A single plant or animal that is studied by scientists to learn about its species or larger group.
Tibia | (n.) One of two large bones located below the knee in the leg of vertebrates.
Trilobite | (n.) A group of extinct invertebrate marine animals with segmented bodies that were alive during the Paleozoic era.
Tusk | (n.) A very long, large tooth that sticks out of an animal’s mouth when closed.
Vertebra | (n.) The individual bones that make up the spinal column in humans and other vertebrates.
Volcano | (n.) A mountain with an opening. When a volcano erupts, magma (molten rock below the Earth’s surface) is pushed up through the opening with great force.
Volunteer | (v.) To donate time and energy towards a cause or organization.
Corning Glass Museum
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Vocabulary | Corning Museum of Glass
Ancient | (n.) Of or relating to the distant past.
Conservation | (n.) The careful maintenance and protection of something
Contemporary | (n.) Of or relating to the present period.
Durable | (adj.) Able to withstand wear or damage; long-lasting.
Fluoresce | (v.) To shine or glow brightly (due to fluorescence).
Hepatica | (n.) A small evergreen herb found in North America that typically produces blue or purple flowers.
Immersive | (adj.) Seeming to surround the viewer or audience.
Innovative | (adj.) Characterized by new ideas or methods.
Invertebrates | (n.) Animals that lack backbones.
Longwave radiation| (n.) Falls within the infrared portion of the spectrum and has typical wavelengths of 4 to 30 micrometres (0.0002 to 0.001 inch).
Microscope | (n.) A scientific instrument used to view very small things, such as plant or animal cells.
Morse code | (n.) An alphabet in which letters are represented by sequences of short and long signals, which may be transmitted through light or sound.
Molten | (adj.) liquefied by heat.
Ultraviolet radiation | (n.) A portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is invisible to the human eye, but when directed at certain materials, it will cause them to fluoresce.
Renaissance | (n.) A movement characterized by renewed interest in classical art and literature, as well as scientific discoveries, that began in Italy in the 14th century and continued into the 17th century.
Shortwave radiation | (n.) Falls primarily within the ultraviolet and visible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum and consists predominantly of wavelengths of 0.39 to 0.76 micrometres (0.00002 to 0.00003 inch).
Thrifted | (v.) Bought at a store that specializes in secondhand goods.
Versatile | (adj.) Able to be used for many different purposes.
Vetro a reticello | (n.) Italian for “glass with a small network.” A type of blown glass made with canes organized in a crisscross pattern to form a fine net, which may contain tiny air traps.