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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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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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Food journalist Mark Bittman, a light-skinned man wearing glasses and a blue and white checked shirt

An Evening with Mark Bittman: The History and Future of Food

Videos and Webcasts
Drawing of a ladybug on a blade of grass. There are text labels around the ladybug, with lines pointing from each label to the drawing.

Field Book Activity: Making and Recording Observations

Hands-On Activities
Montage of six images on a video screen: A bee on a flower; birds on a fence; a monarch butterfly; bird on a tree branch; moth on a flower; and an insect inside a flower.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Community Naturalists

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Leah Harper, marine biologist

Scientist Spotlight: Leah Harper, Marine Biologist

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Howard Youth, a light-skinned man with gray hair, glasses, and a collared shirt

Exploring The Natural World of Washington, D.C.: An Evening With Author Howard Youth

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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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Montage of five images on a video conference screen: A squirrel in a tree, two small birds on a lawn, a finger pointing at the ground, pink buds on a tree, and a violet.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Neighborhood Naturalists

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Elytra Color with an image of dozens of beetles of various colors, including green, orange, yellow, black, and blue

Webinar – The Beetle's Special Adaptation for Survival: Elytra

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

For the Record

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