Analyze and Interpret Data to Investigate How the Blue Whale Evolved to Be So Large

Open to: Grades 6–12 Teachers
Opportunity at a Glance: During this one-day onsite session, we will use curriculum materials designed to facilitate student exploration of data on blue whale feeding behavior.  Participants will use a set of essays and videos to follow the work of scientists from Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, California.  A web-based graphing tool gives students the ability to analyze and interpret blue whale dive data to look for patterns that can help us understand how an organism so large can survive and evolve to be so large by eating something so small.
Key dates:  Monday October 30 from 9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.
Location: American Museum of Natural History – 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Registration deadline: 10/27/2023

Take action: Apply
For more information: pl@amnh.org