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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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Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.

Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

Videos and Webcasts
Laura Soul, Maggy Benson and Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour at a table with several bone specimens.

Plesiosaurs and other Large Marine Reptiles

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Two women and one man hold lichens of different colors – yellow, white, brown, and green – in their outstretched hands.

Exploring the Amazing World of Lichens with Manuela Dal Forno

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Dr. Lucy Chang in Q?rius standing behind a table with a number of specimens.

Fossil Ammonites

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Dave Pawson seated at a table with a number of large specimens and two books.

A Century of Discovery of Sea Urchins and Relatives

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Host Maggy Benson and geologist Elizabeth Cottrell laugh after being sprayed with seltzer water on the set of a webcast.

Volcano Geochemistry - Windows to Earth's Interior

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Gabriela Farfan, a woman with long, brown hair and a blue shirt, standing next to a block of quartz crystals slightly taller than she is

What Is a Mineral?

Videos and Webcasts
A balding, light-skinned man with glasses in front of a forest background

Webinar: Reimagining Greenspace for Pollinators

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A woman with short black hair, wearing a purple print top, in front of a beach scene background with a palm tree

Webinar: Ocean, Art, and Action with Skateboarding Icon and Environmentalist Peggy Oki

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Webinar – Representation and Community: A Black Birders Week Conversation

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