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Smithsonian Learning Lab!

Teach effectively by creating your own interactive learning experiences-or adopt exemplars made by teachers and Smithsonian experts.

  • Taking Civic Action with Zines

    In this free webinar, join the National Museum of American History and learn new ways to civically engage your students! You’ll leave with resources and strategies explore museum objects, build art skills, create zines, and encourage your students to engage in civic action.


    Everything Under the Sun*

    *Well...maybe not everything... but the Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach. The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.


    What will you find in the Smithsonian Learning Lab?

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    Millions of Smithsonian digital images, recordings, texts, and videos in history, art and culture, and the sciences

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    Thousands of examples of resources organized and structured for teaching and learning by educators and subject experts

    Discover
    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


    Who uses the Learning Lab?

    In short... it's people like you. We created the Learning Lab so anyone can quickly discover and adapt authoritative subject-relevant resources.


    Create collections of resources to engage learners, or freely adapt ones already made by Learning Lab users like you.

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    March 2024

    Taking Civic Action with Zines

    Join Eden Cho of the National Museum of American History to explore how you can incorporate museum objects and art skills to civically engage your students! You’ll leave with resources and strategies to incorporate museum objects in your classroom, create zines, and encourage your students to engage in civic action.

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