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Explore some of our most popular Learning Lab Collections. Use them as a springboard to continue your exploration of the many collections available on the site.
Educator Programs
Cultivating Learning is a development series where Smithsonian educators model teaching techniques for using digital museum resources to support student learning.. This year’s series celebrates America at 250. Programs are free and accessible to anyone.
Investigating Objects: From Inquiry to Action
Many voices of the American people have contributed to and continue to shape the nation and its communities, from its earliest beginnings to the present. Join Orlando Serrano of the National Museum of American History (NMAH) to consider how material culture can be a point of departure f...
Exploring our Sightlines: Integrating Local Stories across Subject Areas
Join the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s Education Team to explore a new virtual tour experience based on the exhibition Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond...
Investigating Civic Ideals through Art
Join Phoebe Hilleman of the Smithsonian American Art Museum to explore artworks as visual metaphors that can deepen students’ understanding of civics. We’ll interpret three artworks together and discuss what each one adds to our understanding of the phrase “We the People.” You’ll lea...
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Resources
Millions of Smithsonian digital images, recordings, texts, and videos in history, art and culture, and the sciences
Collections
Thousands of examples of resources organized and structured for teaching and learning by educators and subject experts
Resources
Millions of Smithsonian digital images, recordings, texts, and videos in history, art and culture, and the sciences
Collections
Thousands of examples of resources organized and structured for teaching and learning by educators and subject experts
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Create
Create collections of resources to engage learners, or freely adapt ones already made by Learning Lab users like you.
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Annotations and Hotspots
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Quizzes and Assignments
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