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A rock with yellow and white crystals
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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A gray, clay cone with cuneiform inscriptions covering most of it

For the Record

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Marine toad skeleton with numbers written on the bones

How Do Skeletons Affect Animal Lifestyles?

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Polar bear skull, inferior view (bottom of the skull)

How to Read a Mammal Skull

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Diver in scuba gear near a sea fan, seen from below

Life on Planet Ocean

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Painting of a swamp that has green colored ferns and plants. Foreground tree barks are brown, those in the distance are bare.

Global Climate Change in Perspective

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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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