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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 screenshot showing three images: A man putting together a small dinosaur skeleton on a table; a woman speaking sign language; and another woman in front of a full bookcase.

Webinar – Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes

Videos 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
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
Presentation slide with map of the world with illustrations of ancient large animals on it.

Webinar: Did Humans Cause Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions?

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
Video-conference image of a smiling woman with short blonde hair, glasses and a lavender shirt

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Coral Reefs

Videos and Webcasts
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
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