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

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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Polar bear skull, inferior view (bottom of the skull)

How to Read a Mammal Skull

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Looking down at a beige skeleton of a boy that is partially excavated in a pit in the ground.

Forensic Anthropology

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3 skulls (cranium only) against a black background.

Human Evolution

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Adult walking, cub standing on two feet looking at camera.

Arctic Landscapes and Peoples

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Worksheet: How Birds Stay Warm

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Worksheet: How to Identify a Lichen

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Worksheet: Tracking the Health of Coral Reefs

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Worksheet: Plesiosaurs and Other Large Marine Reptiles

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Worksheet: What's a Lichen?

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Worksheet: Fossil Ammonites

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Worksheet: Archaeology and Archives

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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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