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Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell gestures with her hands while sitting at a table talking to two students.

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A rock with yellow and white crystals
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A large poster coming out of a printer being grabbed by two hands
Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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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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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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Clear, white quartz crystal with hexagonal pencil shape.

All Sorts of Quartz

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

A New View of T. Rex

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

Gems and Minerals – Beauties and Building Blocks

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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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Dark rock with lighter embedded swirls

Extinction Over Time

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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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