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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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Volcano erupting with lava streaming down the side. A forest is at its foot and the eruption is reflected in a dark lake.

When Volcanoes Erupt

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Black glass weapon shaped like a cutlass.

What Do These Objects Have in Common?

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Cross-section of spiral ammonoid shell showing the spiral divided into chambers.

Finding Patterns Everywhere

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Fossil Leaf Damage

Fossil Leaves and Evidence of Insect Damage

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Meteorite on table

Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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Clear, white quartz crystal with hexagonal pencil shape.

All Sorts of Quartz

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Illustration of animals near the ocean floor 510 million years ago. A large squid-like creature hovers over smaller organisms.

Early Life on Earth – Animal Origins

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Old, lined notebook open to script-style notes and prints of brownish fruit-like shapes outlined in pen

Digitizing Nature – Field Books to Fossils

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The Hope Diamond necklace, a large blue diamond encircled by smaller white diamonds.

Gems and Minerals – Beauties and Building Blocks

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Dark rock with lighter embedded swirls

Extinction Over Time

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Head shot of T. rex skeleton with Rocky Mountains in the background.

A New View of T. Rex

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