Nebraska Ecology : Gallery Programs : For Educators : University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History

Morrill Hall will be open normal hours Saturday, April 27. However, due to the Nebraska spring football game, museum parking spots in the lot outside of Morrill Hall will be unavailable.

Visitors may pay a fee to park in other publicly available lots on campus or in parking garages and meters surrounding campus. The ADA parking stalls to the East of Morrill Hall will remain available, but visitors will be charged the UNL Parking & Transit Services' game day parking fee.

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GRADES
1-5

STANDARDS SUPPORTED
NCCRS-Science: SC.K.7.2.C; SC.2.7.2.C; SC.4.6.3.B; SC.5.8.2.C

PROGRAM DURATION
45 minutes

DESCRIPTION
Become an ecologist to explore the rich diversity of life on the plains and discover what different animals in Nebraska need to survive. Investigate a prairie habitat to understand how Nebraska's community of plants and animals depend on each other for survival and how humans affect these environments.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Using dioramas in the Hall of Nebraska Wildlife, students will make observations and predictions and then share their discoveries with their class.

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