American Museum of Natural History Photographic Card Deck

If you can't make a trip to New York City to see the museum in person, these beautiful photo cards will transport you! You may even recognize some of the images from the movie A Night at the Museum. On one side is a color photo of an item at the museum, on the other side is a couple paragraphs for you to read about the history of the animal and sometimes of the exhibit itself. There are 7 categories, each designated by a small logo in the corner of each card: Earth and planetary sciences, human origins and cultures, North American mammals, biodiversity and environment, fossils, birds/reptiles/amphibians, and the last group is of changing exhibits at the Rose Center. Some images include: a blue whale, ice age art, tyrannosaurus, trilobites, Amazon feather work, giant sequoia, amber, birth of a cluster of stars, exoplanets, mastodon, dark matter, black rhino and a mural of primate evolution. Each card is about a 6.5" square with rounded corners and they come in a snazzy storage box with a lid. You could make your own games out of the cards and the data on the back (like a quiz show or board game) or use them as writing/speaking prompts. I think kids would enjoy just pulling out the cards and reading them for fun! ~Sara