Humans in the Americas

Museum Investigators

Grades 2 & 3
See specimens that scientists study to make new discoveries, find out how images are projected on the Planetarium dome, and make your own wildlife diorama.

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Museum Investigators

Grades 2 & 3
See specimens that scientists study to make new discoveries, find out how images are projected on the Planetarium dome, and make your own wildlife diorama.

View Details Buy Now

March 15, 2012
The process of scientific discovery is one of observation, data collection, evaluation, and putting forth theories to explain our world. Ideas that have stood for decades are sometimes toppled and new findings revolutionize our thinking. In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Steve Holen talks about the quest to identify the time period in which humans first arrived in the Americas.