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Educational Programs
Q?rius onsite Q?rius online
Q?rius offers free, 60-minute workshops for grades 6-12. Led by Smithsonian staff members and featuring real Smithsonian research, objects, data, scientific equipment, and digital media, students investigate core ideas related to classroom curricula.

Programs are also offered for Grades K-8 in
Q?rius jr. - A Discovery Room.

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Questions? Contact us at NMNHSchoolPrograms@si.edu.
Get out in the field! Make your own digital Field Book where you can record your own discoveries from the online collections of the Q?rius website.

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Smithsonian Science How? webcasts
Connect with Smithsonian science experts from wherever you are through 25-minute Smithsonian Science How? webcasts.

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Marine scientist and author Stephen Palumbi. Photo courtesy of Stephen Palumbi.
The Extreme Life of the Sea:
Short Films & Book Signing
Twitch: Documentary Film and Discussion
August 10, 3-5 p.m.
Q?rius Theater

Come join the dynamic father-son duo Steve and Anthony Palumbi for their visual presentation featuring short environmental films. The authors will be discussing their latest publication, Extreme Life of the Sea, which takes us on a dive into the absolute limits of the aquatic world - the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the ocean.

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August 9, 3-4 p.m.
Q?rius Theater

Join us for a special screening of TWITCH, a documentary of genetic fate, followed by a discussion with the producer/star of the film, Kristen Powers.

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VOTE NOW for the Nation's T. rex to win the Smithsonian Summer Showdown!
What says Smithsonian like no other object in the collections? The Nation's T. rex, of course! In a Smithsonian-wide contest, that National Museum of Natural History is counting on you to VOTE to help the Nation's T. rex make it to the 3rd and final round!

Vote to be entered to win great prizes--but hurry! Round 2 ends at midnight on August 12.

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Research

Geology Educator, Adam Blankenbicker, explains the museum’s stratigraphy cart to the YES! interns. Photo, Smithsonian Institution.
The Q?rius Blog: YES! Interns are the future of science Life in 19th Century Washington, D.C.
Youth Engagement through Science (YES!) is a 16-week internship program that brings 30 local teens from underserved communities to work closely with Smithsonian scientists on a variety of projects. Read about the YES! Interns' summer experience, in their own words, on the Q?rius blog > Forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley investigated an 1835 vault in DC’s historic Congressional Cemetery to reveal the startling history of a famous Washington family.

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Forensic Mysteries programs for school groups are based on the work of forensic anthropologists Douglas Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide.
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Get Involved
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Volunteers in the Live Butterfly Pavilion.
Become a Natural History Museum Volunteer Support the Museum: Text DINO to Donate
Do you love learning new things and sharing them with a diverse audience? Get the inside scoop on science as it is happening--become a Q?rius volunteer and share learning with visitors from around the world.

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New! Text DINO to 202-22 on your smartphone to donate $10 to the Museum. Your donation helps provide free educational programs and exhibitions and contributes to research around the world.

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NEW! Smithsonian Early Explorers
The Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center is excited to announce their newest early learning program for young learners, 18 months - 3 years: Smithsonian Early Explorers

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BANNER IMAGE:
High school students participate in a Forensic Mysteries program in Q?rius during a class field trip. Photograph by Jim DiLoreto, Smithsonian.
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