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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
Natural History Learning Lab Collections
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
Smithsonian Libraries: Natural History & Physical Sciences Subject Guides

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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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Painted wooden model of a steam ship with several structures on its deck.

On the Move

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Red, gold, and black cape made from Hawaiian bird feathers

Linking Nature and Culture

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Clear, white quartz crystal with hexagonal pencil shape.

All Sorts of Quartz

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A gray, clay cone with cuneiform inscriptions covering most of it

For the Record

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A prehistoric, reddish-brown painting of animals on a rock shelter in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

Make Your Own Cave and Cave Art

Hands-On Activities
Color illustration of an ancient human making art on a cave wall

Handprints of Your Family

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Natural Jewelry

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Create an Imaginary Animal

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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

Hands-On ActivitiesPrintable Lessons
Image of two hands and a fieldbook while a drawing is being drawn onto the fieldbook

¡Descubre la Historia Natural!: Crea tu propio Cuaderno de Campo de Historia Natural

Hands-On Activities