Educator Overview

On Exhibit February 14 – May 8 Recommended for Grades 3 – 12. Presented in English and Spanish.

Animals: Machines in Motion is free with Exhibit Halls admission.

Exhibition Overview Every living thing is a machine built to survive through evolution. See where physics and biology meet!

Built To Survive Explore how different structures help life survive, that pressure is an integral part of life, and how animals maintain their temperature in these three galleries. Featuring Built To Move T. rex Sue Discover how wing and fin shape affects an animal’s movement through air and water and how animals store Investigate a replica of T. rex Sue, the world-famous energy. Three galleries focus on how animals generate force Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. Measuring 42 feet from in order to move their mouths to eat and their limbs to travel. snout to tail and 12 feet tall with a giant skull containing 58 dagger-like teeth, Sue was a member of a species Built To Discover with the strongest bite of any animal known to have Find out how eyes co-evolved and the array of senses walked on land. Approximately 68 million years old, that animals have that are beyond humans’ limited five. Sue is the largest, most complete T. rex ever found! This section only contains one gallery, but it packs a punch!

Themes Explored

Structure and Function • How do different structures help life function? • What forces of nature is life exposed to and how do different structures function to resist these forces? • How do different structures help absorb or store energy?

Forces • What are the different ways animals generate force? • For what purposes does an animal generate force? • What are the tradeoffs between force, speed, and motion sustainability?

Energy • How do animals store, absorb, or release energy for different purposes? • What are analogous mechanisms for energy storage and absorption?

This exhibition was developed by The Field Museum, Chicago, in partnership with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, with generous support provided by the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and ITW.

Book your field trip today! Call 617-723-2500 to secure your preferred date and time. Museum of Science Exhibit Links Curriculum Connections These exhibits and presentations can connect directly to Below are examples of themes that link to and reinforce Animals: Machines in Motion, helping to spark new questions classroom work in the Next Generation Science Standards. To or allow students to apply the ideas they have learned. learn more about connecting this exhibit to the classroom, visit mos.org/educators or contact the Educator Resource Center Live Animal Presentation (Daily) at 617-589-0172. Explore the adaptation, behaviors, and ecology of animals, as well as the environments they live in, with the furry, feathered, and scaly Content Alignment residents of our Live Animal Care Center. PS2.A Forces and Motion (Elementary, Middle, and High School) Though not explicitly discussed, there are numerous examples of Butterfly Garden (Timed Ticket Required) Newton’s Laws in action throughout the exhibition. Walk among the free-flying residents of this warm conservatoryfilled PS3.A Definitions of Energy (Middle and High School) The with exotic plants. This tropical oasis offers a wonderful opportunity exhibition has a gallery focused on how animals insulate themselves to get close to a variety of living butterflies from New England and or radiate heat into the environment. across the globe. PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer (Middle Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic and Triceratops Cliff and High School) Within the exhibition, animals are constantly converting potential to kinetic energy through spring-like structures Through fossils and life-size models, learn how paleontologists and materials. compile evidence and change the way we view extinct animals. Get LS1.A Structure and Function (Elementary) Animals have a variety an up-close view of a 65-million-year-old fossil named Cliff, one of of structures that help them function in specific ways for survival, all only four nearly complete Triceratops on public display in the world. within the laws of physics. Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River Coming Late March Practice Alignment Learn about the natural and engineered worlds with a new perma- Asking questions and defining problems Within the exhibition nent exhibit that takes advantage of the Museum’s unique Charles text, questions are asked for visitors to think about. These can River location. potentially inspire new questions. Developing and using models Examples of technology inspired by nature (biomimicry) are throughout the exhibition. These technologies rely on models of how animals or plants function. Planning and carrying out investigations Digital interactives ask visitors to test their ideas and review actual data taken by scientists.

Crosscutting Concepts Alignment Scale, proportion, and quantity The scale and size of different animals and plants affect properties such as bone size, heart structure, muscle density, and more necessary for survival. Structure and function Different materials are needed for different functions. The material itself and its shape can work together to help organisms survive in harsh conditions.

Education Toolkit For additional resources that connect to this exhibit, including videos, activities, and design challenges, visit: biomechanics.fieldmuseum.org.

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