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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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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
Blue bioluminescent jellyfish with caption that reads, Bioluminescence means that plants and animals are able to create their own light.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Lights, Camo, Attraction! Exploring Ocean Bioluminescence

Hands-On ActivitiesArts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
Screenshot of presentation slide showing fossil preparator Myria Perez alongside paleontologist Kay Behrensmeyer

Webinar: Expert Is Online: Fossil Preparation with Myria Perez

Videos and Webcasts
Video still with three images: A person holding up a drawing of a crocodile-like creature with a really long tail; a man with a beard standing next to an easel with a similar drawing on it; and a person signing in American Sign Language.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Paleo Portraits

Hands-On ActivitiesArts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
Illustration using graphics and photos to show a coral reef scene, with orange, green, blue, and white corals, as well as fish, all on a blue background

Constructing a Coral Reef

Videos and Webcasts
Powerpoint slide with text, Many seabirds migrate! Plus images of a brown pelican, Audubon's shearwater, Laysan albatross, Arctic tern, Arctic skua, and a black-capped petrel.

Webinar: Flying High – The Journey of Migratory Seabirds

Videos and Webcasts
Video screen showing a slide, So many sharks! It has five photos of different shark species.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Exploring the Sharks of the Galapagos Islands

Arts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
A large gray fish and smaller yellow fish swimming between corals in a coral reef

Webinar: Tracking Coral Health in the Caribbean Sea

Videos and Webcasts
Video screenshot showing a presentation slide with six numbered objects on it; one looks like a large tooth.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – What Is a Fossil?

Hands-On ActivitiesArts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
Ocean educator Meaghan Cuddy holds up a paper model of a narwhal.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Arctic Adaptations

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
Fish biologist Kate Bemis, a light-skinned woman with long brown hair, sitting in a room with wood paneling behind her.

Dive Deeper at Home: Creating a Scientific Illustration

An Activity for Deep Sea Animal Adaptations Week
Hands-On ActivitiesVideos and Webcasts