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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.
Scientist Spotlight Videos
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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A prehistoric, reddish-brown painting of animals on a rock shelter in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

Make Your Own Cave and Cave Art

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Color illustration of an ancient human making art on a cave wall

Handprints of Your Family

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Natural Jewelry

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Create an Imaginary Animal

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Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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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

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

For the Record

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Marine toad skeleton with numbers written on the bones

How Do Skeletons Affect Animal Lifestyles?

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Illustration of animals near the ocean floor 510 million years ago. A large squid-like creature hovers over smaller organisms.

Early Life on Earth – Animal Origins

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Polar bear skull, inferior view (bottom of the skull)

How to Read a Mammal Skull

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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

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Dive Deeper at Home: Build a Sculpture

An Activity for Deep Sea Animal Adaptations Week
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