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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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Illustration of a crossection of a hillside showing horizontal geological layers, some of which have fossils in them.

It's a Date

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
Hands-On Activities
Screenshot of presentation slide showing fossil preparator Myria Perez alongside paleontologist Kay Behrensmeyer

Webinar: Expert Is Online: Fossil Preparation with Myria Perez

Videos and Webcasts
Video screenshot showing a large image of illustrations of five different dinosaur skeletons and small images of three people's faces to the right.

Webinar: Explore How Dinosaurs Moved with Paleontologist Matthew Carrano

Videos and Webcasts
Video still with three images: A person holding up a drawing of a crocodile-like creature with a really long tail; a man with a beard standing next to an easel with a similar drawing on it; and a person signing in American Sign Language.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Paleo Portraits

Hands-On ActivitiesArts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
Three rectangular windows showing Briana Pobiner, a woman doing sign language, and a pair of paper cutout hands.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Exploring the Art of Ancient Humans

Videos and Webcasts
Montage of three images from a video webinar: Gale Robertson, a medium-skinned woman with long, black hair; Briana Pobiner, a light-skinned woman with brown hair down to her chin, and Nate Wragg, a light-skinned man with dark brown hair, beard, mustache, and soul patch.

Webinar: Camp Croods at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Videos and Webcasts
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

Hands-On Activities

Natural Jewelry

Hands-On Activities

Create an Imaginary Animal

Hands-On Activities
Video screenshot showing a presentation slide with six numbered objects on it; one looks like a large tooth.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – What Is a Fossil?

Hands-On ActivitiesArts & CraftsVideos and Webcasts
Black and white sketch of a landscape in rough shapes, with palm trees, ferns, a turtle, T rex, and salamander draw in more detail.

Paleo Art – Edge of Extinction: Make Your Own Dinosaur Ecosystem Mural

Hands-On Activities