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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
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Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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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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Digitizing Nature – Field Books to Fossils

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Maggy Benson and Meet Dr. David Hunt are at a table with several boxes, each with some pieces of bone.

Mummy Science – Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Sabrina Sholts are seated at a table with a black jar, several bones, a small human skeleton, and various tools.

How Bones Reveal Environmental Health

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Forensic anthropologist Kari Bruwelheide holds a human bone while talking with Maggy Benson during a Science How webcast.

Forensic Anthropology – Bone Whispering

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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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Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Tim McCoy seated at a table with several different meteorites.

Astrogeology – Meteorites and Spacecraft Missions

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Video: Kids, you are just like scientists!

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Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Climate-Smart Communities

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Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – How Climate Change Affects Cities

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