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Natural History Learning Lab Collections
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
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Explore more than 300 resources! Science resources in this library align with Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards and social studies resources support the themes in the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. 

 

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Video frame of Alexandra Kralick smiling while sitting in front of a fireplace.

Webinar: Climate Change Threatens Great Ape Biology

Videos and Webcasts

Create an Imaginary Animal

Hands-On Activities
Presentation slide with pictures of the three tick species that cause the most human infections.

Ticks and the Diseases They Carry

Videos and Webcasts
Black and white sketch of a landscape in rough shapes, with palm trees, ferns, a turtle, T rex, and salamander draw in more detail.

Paleo Art – Edge of Extinction: Make Your Own Dinosaur Ecosystem Mural

Hands-On Activities
Cartoon-style game board for Evolve or Perish.

Evolve or Perish Board Game

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

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
Hands-On Activities
Screenshot of PowerPoint presentation slide describing resources used to raise cattle and poultry in comparison to farmed insects

Webinar: The Role of Insect Eating in Human Diets, Past and Present

Videos and Webcasts
Text - Briana Pobiner, Archaeologist under an image of a woman in field work clothes kneeling in a grassy field looking at something

Webinar: Explore Field Science at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya with Briana Pobiner

Videos and Webcasts
Illustration of animals near the ocean floor 510 million years ago. A large squid-like creature hovers over smaller organisms.

Early Life on Earth – Animal Origins

Science Literacy Articles