Teach Students About Architecture and Building With This Free Guide from the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage has some neat resources for teachers and students. One of the resources that I...

Smithsonian & ePals Present the 2014 Junior Folklorist Challenge

ePals and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage are hosting the 2014 Junior Folklorist Challenge . The challenge asks ...

Smithsonian X 3D - Explore and Print 3D Models of Smithsonian Artifacts

Smithsonian X 3D offers a neat way for students to learn about artifacts from the Smithsonian museums. The site is the result of a collabor...

Locate Free History Lesson Plans and Interactive Media Through Smithsonian's History Explorer

The Smithsonian's History Explorer is packed with lesson plans, interactive media, and reference pages for teachers and students. Using...

Smithsonian and ePals Spark!Lab Invent It Contest

Here’s a great opportunity to engage your students in innovation and inspire their creativity.  ePals and the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center ...

Forensic Firsts - The Science of Solving Crime

Forensic Firsts is a Smithsonian Channel television show. The show examines (in sometimes gruesome detail) how science can be used to solve...

Seven Online Smithsonian Activities for Students

This morning I saw a Tweet promoting the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival . I was lucky enough to take in a part of it a few years ago. I...

America by Air - An Online Smithsonian Exhibit

This afternoon  The Adventure Blog had a good story  about a new expedition to search for clues to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's...

Shout - Explore, Connect, Act

Shout is a global learning project coordinated by the Smithsonian, Microsoft Partners in Learning, and Taking IT Global. The purpose of Sho...

Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and a Virtual Dinosaur Dig

You might not be able to take your students on a field trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, but you can take them on ...

Smithsonian Wild - 200,000 Images of Wild Animals

Smithsonian Wild is a new Smithsonian website that houses more than 200,000 images of animals in the wild. The pictures on the site were ca...

Meet Me At Midnight - A Smithsonian Art Adventure

Meet Me At Midnight is an online art adventure produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of Meet Me At Midnight is to introduce students in...

America on the Move - Interactive Museum

America on the Move is a great online exhibit produced and hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History . America on the M...