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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
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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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Video screenshot showing three images: A man putting together a small dinosaur skeleton on a table; a woman speaking sign language; and another woman in front of a full bookcase.

Webinar – Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes

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Screenshot of presentation slide showing fossil preparator Myria Perez alongside paleontologist Kay Behrensmeyer

Webinar: Expert Is Online: Fossil Preparation with Myria Perez

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Video frame of three people in a Zoom webinar: Laura Haynes, Kay Behrensmeyer, and Camilla Souto

Women Scientists Share Their Stories: Kay Behrensmeyer and Camilla Souto

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Presentation slide with map of the world with illustrations of ancient large animals on it.

Webinar: Did Humans Cause Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions?

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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

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Exhibit Developer Jill Johnson, a light-skinned woman with glasses and shoulder-length brown hair

Webinar: Journey Through Time to Explore Ancient Oceans

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A group of young children in yellow shirts gathered in front of a table with large bones on it.

Video: Kids, you are just like scientists!

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Deep human footprint in the ground

Webinar: Fossilized Footprints Reveal a Snapshot of Early Human Life

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Video frame of a cellphone with labels indicating where certain raw materials in the phone originated.

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Exploring Cellphone Sustainability

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Climate scientist Jeremy Hoffman, a light-skinned, bearded man wearing headphones and white shirt, sitting in front of a bookcase with plants on it

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – How Climate Change Affects Cities

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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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