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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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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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Natural objects, including whitish piece of bone and brown rocks, on cracked, gray substrate.

Fossilization - How Fossils Form

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Aerial view of an ash plume rising from Mount Cleveland volcano, which has snow on its upper slopes.

Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

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Black glass weapon shaped like a cutlass.

What Do These Objects Have in Common?

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Image of two hands and a fieldbook while a drawing is being drawn onto the fieldbook

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

Hands-On Activities

Explorando más a Fondo en Casa: Diseña tu propia gema

Hands-On Activities
Fossil Leaf Damage

Fossil Leaves and Evidence of Insect Damage

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Cell phone back has been removed and held between two hands.

Cellphone Science

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Deep red garnet crystals on white irregular surface

Geology of Gems and Minerals

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Allende Meteorite - a rock with sharp edges displayed on a wood surface

Asteroids and Meteorites

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Carlos Mauricio Peredo standing behind a table with a 33 million-year-old early baleen whale fossil on it.

Fossil Whales and Whale Evolution

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Scientist cleaning bones in dinosaur. He is wearing a respirator mask, earphones, and glasses to protect himself from the dust and noise that this process generates

Fossil Preparation from Field to Museum

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Lush green area with several dinosaurs foraging.

Dinosaur Lives and Ecosystems

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