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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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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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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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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

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Explorando más a Fondo en Casa: Diseña tu propia gema

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Fossil Leaf Damage

Fossil Leaves and Evidence of Insect Damage

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Plastic cast of a male modern human right femur. The cast displays the pathology of an unset healed fracture. Catalog number EO401737.

Forensic Mysteries – Pathologies on Human Femora (Thigh Bones)

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Dozens of grains of fossil pollen on a slide, magnified.

Tiny Fossils, Big Picture

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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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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