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Discovering Dinosaurs

School Program for Grades K-2
In-Person Version
In-person Discovering Dinosaurs will be unavailable for registration March 3, 2025, to June 13, 2025.
Explore dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals using fossil evidence. In this museum educator-led program, students observe, touch, compare, and contrast fossils of prehistoric animals to describe the animals’ characteristics and predict what those characteristics could tell us about how they lived their lives. In-person programs take place at the museum in Washington, D.C.
Online Version
During this museum educator-led program, students make observations of dinosaur characteristics, discover how paleontologists learn about ancient animals by studying fossils, and practice some of the same scientific skills used by museum scientists!
Online Formats
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Registration for in-person Discovering Dinosaurs school programs has closed.
Looking to book an online Discovering Dinosaurs school program for your summer camp, library, or other group? Please email us at nmnhschoolprograms@si.edu.