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Three rectangular windows showing Briana Pobiner, a woman doing sign language, and a pair of paper cutout hands.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Exploring the Art of Ancient Humans

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Montage of three images from a video webinar: Gale Robertson, a medium-skinned woman with long, black hair; Briana Pobiner, a light-skinned woman with brown hair down to her chin, and Nate Wragg, a light-skinned man with dark brown hair, beard, mustache, and soul patch.

Webinar: Camp Croods at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Geologist Ben Andrews and Maggy Benson at a table doing a demonstration with a tray of dry ice while wearing protective glasses.

How Volcanic Eruptions Send Materials Up and Out

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Cari Corrigan sitting at a table with rocks and pick..

Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites

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Archaeologist Ella Beaudoin

Webinar: Natural History at Home – How Archaeologists Learn from Objects Left Behind

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Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Exploring Food Security and Urban Gardening

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A group of young children in yellow shirts gathered in front of a table with large bones on it.

Video: Kids, you are just like scientists!

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Video frame of a cellphone with labels indicating where certain raw materials in the phone originated.

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Exploring Cellphone Sustainability

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Frank Niepold, a light-skinned man wearing glasses and a black blazer, sitting in front of an oval mirror on the wall behind him

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Climate-Smart Communities

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