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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
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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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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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

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Drawing of a ladybug on a blade of grass. There are text labels around the ladybug, with lines pointing from each label to the drawing.

Field Book Activity: Making and Recording Observations

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Create an Imaginary Animal

Hands-On Activities
Two hands holding a cellphone that has its back removed, exposing the circuitry and parts.

Cellphone Science

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Powder moving away from the source

Modeling and Measuring Volcanic Eruptions

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Two hands cupped to hold soil

Minerals and Microbes

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Deep red garnet crystals on white irregular surface

Geology of Gems and Minerals

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Allende Meteorite - a rock with sharp edges displayed on a wood surface

Asteroids and Meteorites

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Brilliant mix of shapes colors like stained glass of a thin section of Antarctic meteorite.

Antarctic Meteorites and Mars

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