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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is launching an alternate reality game (ARG) called "Ghosts of a Chance." "Ghosts" aims to welcome gamers and non-gamers alike to play through a storyline that traverses virtual and physical worlds. Nina Simon's blog coverage provides some great behind-the-scenes info and links. See the actual game at http://www.ghostsofachance.com/. -
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has a great site for kids and adults, The Life of a Vertebrate Fossil. It follows the paleontologists as they find, collect, handle and research fossils. It’s a fascinating journey -
1voteDesigned to “bring life to history” and includes great resources for teachers. There are six major topics covered. For each, primary documents are available as are lesson plans, videos and questions (called DBQs or Stepping Stones depending on the grade level) to prepare students for AP exams and develop writing skills.
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central education website of the Smithsonian Institute. Houses resources for educators, families, and students. -
3voteA collection of 6,288 images from smithsonianimages.si.edu which appear to be overwhelmingly in the public domain. These images are from the various Smithsonian exhibits and are supposedly available in the public domain (read their memo).
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The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, services, and resources for the education and museum communities. The Center studies education at the Institution and builds consensus on standards for strengthening its educational programs, publications, and websites. -
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The National Design Museum is part of the Smithsonian Museums system. Along with their top notch exhibits, their website is a fabulous learning and teaching tool. Their Educator Resource Center section of their website contains lesson plans for a variety of subjects and videos. Site users can contribute their lesson plans. They have extensive educational resources and curriculum guides.
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