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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.
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Meteorite on table

Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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Painting of a swamp that has green colored ferns and plants. Foreground tree barks are brown, those in the distance are bare.

Global Climate Change in Perspective

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Old, lined notebook open to script-style notes and prints of brownish fruit-like shapes outlined in pen

Digitizing Nature – Field Books to Fossils

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Black glass weapon shaped like a cutlass.

What Do These Objects Have in Common?

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Worksheet: Exploring Biominerals

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Worksheet: Exploring the Cambrian Explosion of Life

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Worksheet: Tracking the Health of Coral Reefs

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Worksheet: Plesiosaurs and Other Large Marine Reptiles

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Worksheet: Fossil Ammonites

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Worksheet: Archaeology and Archives

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A blue and orange mandarinfish, or Synchiropus splendidus

What Makes Things Blue?

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¡Descubre la Historia Natural!: Crea tu propio Cuaderno de Campo de Historia Natural

Hands-On Activities