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Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell gestures with her hands while sitting at a table talking to two students.

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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
Scientist Spotlight Videos
A large poster coming out of a printer being grabbed by two hands
Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Natural objects, including whitish piece of bone and brown rocks, on cracked, gray substrate.

Fossilization - How Fossils Form

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Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.

Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Aerial view of an ash plume rising from Mount Cleveland volcano, which has snow on its upper slopes.

Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

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Host Maggy Benson and geologist Elizabeth Cottrell laugh after being sprayed with seltzer water on the set of a webcast.

Volcano Geochemistry - Windows to Earth's Interior

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Volcano erupting with lava streaming down the side. A forest is at its foot and the eruption is reflected in a dark lake.

When Volcanoes Erupt

Science Literacy Resources
Illustration of a crossection of a hillside showing horizontal geological layers, some of which have fossils in them.

It's a Date

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
Hands-On Activities
Screenshot of presentation slide showing fossil preparator Myria Perez alongside paleontologist Kay Behrensmeyer

Webinar: Expert Is Online: Fossil Preparation with Myria Perez

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Screenshot of presentation slide showing the different elements of dance plus video of four presenters videos to the right of the slide

Seminario Web: Historia Natural En Casa: Bailando a través del tiempo - Quetzalcoatlus

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Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
Hands-On Activities
Michelle Pinsdorf in the fossil prep lab.

Webinar: Fossils Live! A Tour of the Fossil Prep Lab

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Paleo artist Sebastian Rozadilla draws a dinosaur

Seminario Web: Historia Natural en Casa - Los Gigantes del Sur

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