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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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A girl holding a craft ball she made during a science program at the museum.

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

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Climate-Smart Communities

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Climate scientist Jeremy Hoffman

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – How Climate Change Affects Cities

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Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Carla Dove seated at a table with several specimens of dead birds and bird feathers.

Forensic Ornithology – Bird Detective

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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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Butterfly Pavilion Manager Eric Wenzel, Maggy Benson and Microscopy Educator Juan Pablo Hurtado Padilla read to discuss butterfly colors and mimicry.

Butterfly Adaptations – How They Come By Their Colors

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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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Remains of Jane found in Jamestown, Va. Image shows bones in the ground with a trowel for scale.

Bones and Forensic Anthropology

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Closeup view of stained teeth of skeleton

Bones and Environmental Health

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