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Registration for Free School Programs Begins August 17
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Smithsonian Science How Webcasts |
Register for interactive, facilitated, and engaging
Q?rius & Q?rius Jr. School Programs. These great additions to your Natural History Museum field trip are free and encompass museum research in bird-airplane collisions, evolution, ocean biodiversity, forensic and cultural anthropology, and geology.
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Bring a Smithsonian expert into your classroom or home whenever you want! All of our past Smithsonian Science How programs are available for viewing online and come with classroom resources. Choose from a variety of science topics.
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Our new season of live webcasts begins on October 8 with paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues!
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| Credit: James DiLoreto, Smithsonian Institution.
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| New Findings in Jamestown |
The Global Genome Initiative
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A team of Smithsonian scientists, working with archaeologists from the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation, have successfully identified the remains of four men buried within Jamestown's historic 1608 church, better known as the location of Pocahontas's marriage to John Rolfe.
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The Smithsonian's Global Genome Initiative (GGI) aims to preserve the genomic diversity of life on Earth. To do this, researchers sample and catalog various species of living things. Featured in the picture above are botanist Vicki Funk (left) and YES! Intern Asia Hill (center).
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Credit: Veronica Marin, Smithsonian. |
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| YES! Community Day |
Smithsonian Summer Showdown Contest
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Join us in Q?rius, the Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center, on August 14 from 1-4 p.m. for an afternoon of presentations from our Youth Engagement through Science (YES!) interns. They will present the results of projects they worked on with their scientist-mentors over the summer.
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Vote for your favorites and be
entered to a win a prize package! Make your picks for the next round at go.si.edu/votehope. Vote through August 24, and find out who won on August 25. Spread the word on social media with
#SIshowdown.
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| Credit: Feo Pitcairn Fine Art. |
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Credit: Samuel P. Taylor State Park. |
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| Beyond Bollywood Closing August 16 |
Iceland Revealed |
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center, Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation explores the heritage, daily experience and numerous, diverse contributions that Indian immigrants and Indian Americans have made to shape the United States. 2nd Floor.
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Primordial Landscapes: Iceland Revealed examines how parts of the country's landscapes are changing due to glacier retreats. Photographer Feodor Pitcairn and poet Ari Trausti Guomundsson depict this story of vibrant colors and developing ecosystems. 1st Floor.
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Credit: Melissa Cannon, Smithsonian Institution. Pictured: Mikaelle Mathurin and Michelle Fang examine trilobites. |
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Through the Museum’s virtual Deep Time program, teachers and students around the country will be able to explore some of the Museum’s most important, awe-inspiring fossils through immersive digital media. Digitized fossils will support learning about complex but critical subjects— such as evolution, climate change through time, and ancient ecosystems— without leaving their own classrooms.
Museum-based programming will allow visitors to hold real fossils, apply real tools of scientific discovery, and explore ancient worlds. These programs will be designed for specific audiences, including school children, families, and adults. These are just a few of the innovative learning opportunities your gift will support.
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Teach others and learn while becoming a volunteer. Exciting volunteer opportunities that appeal to a wide range of people with different interests, abilities, and knowledge levels are available.
As a public volunteer, you can help visitors enjoy and explore exhibitions, assist with school programs, deliver interactive programming, or shape visitors’ experiences as a guide.
Opportunities are also available behind-the-scenes or you can participate in a citizen science project!
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Banner Image: Photograph by Jennifer Renteria, National Museum of Natural History.
Students engaging in a discussion during a "Forensic Mysteries" school program in the
Q?rius Studio.
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