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

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A rock with yellow and white crystals
Natural History Learning Lab Collections
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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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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Large butterfly with black wings and pink body

Butterfly Colors and Biomimicry

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Carla Dove seated at a table with several specimens of dead birds and bird feathers.

Forensic Ornithology – Bird Detective

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Butterfly Pavilion Manager Eric Wenzel, Maggy Benson and Microscopy Educator Juan Pablo Hurtado Padilla read to discuss butterfly colors and mimicry.

Butterfly Adaptations – How They Come By Their Colors

Videos and Webcasts
A hand holds a loose feather (grey with white tip) above a bird wing specimen on a table

Forensic Science of Bird Strikes

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