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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
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Explore more than 300 resources! Science resources in this library align with Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards and social studies resources support the themes in the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. 

 

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Video screenshot showing three images: A man putting together a small dinosaur skeleton on a table; a woman speaking sign language; and another woman in front of a full bookcase.

Webinar – Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes

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Illustration using graphics and photos to show a coral reef scene, with orange, green, blue, and white corals, as well as fish, all on a blue background

Constructing a Coral Reef

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Video frame of three people in a Zoom webinar: Laura Haynes, Kay Behrensmeyer, and Camilla Souto

Women Scientists Share Their Stories: Kay Behrensmeyer and Camilla Souto

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Video frame showing three people in a webinar: Laura Haynes, Amanda Lawrence, and Briana Pobiner

Women Scientists Share Their Stories: Amanda Lawrence and Briana Pobiner

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Video frame of Alexandra Kralick smiling while sitting in front of a fireplace.

Webinar: Climate Change Threatens Great Ape Biology

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Image of presentation slide illustrating how MRNA vaccines work with alongside image of presenter Alicia Hernandez, MD

Seminario Web: Expertos contestan sus preguntas sobre las vacunas de COVID-19

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A large gray fish and smaller yellow fish swimming between corals in a coral reef

Webinar: Tracking Coral Health in the Caribbean Sea

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Food journalist Mark Bittman, a light-skinned man wearing glasses and a blue and white checked shirt

An Evening with Mark Bittman: The History and Future of Food

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Leah Harper, marine biologist

Scientist Spotlight: Leah Harper, Marine Biologist

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Presentation slide with map of the world with illustrations of ancient large animals on it.

Webinar: Did Humans Cause Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions?

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Planet Earth seen from space with the cratered surface of the Moon in the foreground

Climate Change: ELA Connections through Poetry

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