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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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An almost transparent creature except for eyes, joints, and internal organs

Biodiversity of Ocean Invertebrates

Subject Guides
Dance Teaching Artist Kylie Murray performs and provides instruction during a Zoom video webinar

Webinar: Ocean Motion

Videos and Webcasts
Diver in scuba gear near a sea fan, seen from below

Life on Planet Ocean

Science Literacy Articles
Scientist underwater in scuba gear, swimming over reef with numerous fish

Ocean Biodiversity and Biocoding

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Brian Huber are seated at a table with several rocks of various sizes, a book, and several tools.

Global Change: Reading Ocean Fossils

Videos and Webcasts
Maggy Benson and Dr. Karen Osborn sit at a table with several small containers of marine invertebrates.

Ocean Biodiversity – Discovering Marine Invertebrates

Videos and Webcasts
Maggy Benson and Dr. Mike Vecchione sit at a table with various specimens.

Deep Ocean Discovery – Octopods and Squids

Videos and Webcasts
Small shells of various sizes and shapes.

Tracking Global Change Through Ocean Fossils

Subject Guides
Marine scientist Mike Vecchione and webinar host Maggy Benson.

Webinar: Deep Ocean Discovery – Octopods and Squids

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

Webinar: Journey Through Time to Explore Ancient Oceans

Videos and Webcasts