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Bringing the Smithsonian Into Classrooms for 40 Years

Image from Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition (Smithsonian Science Education Center)

Travel the World and Learn About Nutritional Guidelines in "Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition"

A Malayan tiger like this one was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Bronx Zoo.

How Does a Disease Transfer from an Animal to a Human and Back?

Tower designed by a team at the 2018 STEM Forum hosted by Dow, Jacobs, and the SSEC in Lake Jackson, TX.

Free Smithsonian Activities for National Engineers Week

Tami's Tower is a new game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center

Introducing Tami's Tower: A New Smithsonian Science Game

3D printed guitar from Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces

Smithsonian Science Education Center Releases “Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces”

Halloween crabs are known for their orange and black pattern.

7 Animals That Were Made For Halloween

The most colorful, dazzling jewels in the National Museum of Natural History have wings, and they are in the Butterfly Pavilion!

The Best Things on Wings

A red panda at Smithsonian's National Zoo.

Fun Facts About Red Pandas

We have curriculum, professional development, and digital media resources to help you start the new school year off right!

Go Back-to-School with Resources from the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

Would you take a trip on a Zeppelin?

Zeppelin’s Airships: Engineering Design in Action

Orangutans are brachiators, which means they can swing hand over hand. Kiko loves traveling across the O line in this way! Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

How To Design a Zoo Exhibit In Four Steps

The Panamanian golden frog is in the toad family. Toads usually have dry skin compared to other frogs. (Brian Gratwicke, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute)

Why Did Scientists Build an Amphibian Ark?

This is a replica of an early telegraph key used by Morse and Vail. (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)

Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire

New evidence has made scientists rethink sauropods as being purely land dwellers. (dottedhippo/iStock/Thinkstock)

Scotland’s Jurassic Island: What Scientists Can Learn From Footprints

Goodall extends a hand to Flint, a young chimpanzee growing up in Gombe National Park. (Baron Hugo van Lawick)

Turning Frustration into Fame: How Dr. Jane Goodall Conquered Challenges in the Field

World Water Day is March 22.

World Water Day | Don’t Take Your Water for Granted

Why does a curling stone curl?

Why Does a Curling Stone Curl?

The V flying position is important to increase distance. (Image: Ben Pieper Photography)

Falling With Style: The Science of Ski Jumping

There are scientific investigations into whether animals use the Sun and Moon, Earth’s magnetic field, or recognition of landmarks to repeat their long journeys. (chantalrutledge/iStock/Thinkstock)

How Do Birds Navigate?

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