Stephen Binns's collections
Zoo Animal Identification: Seen One Zebra?
<p> If you’ve seen one zebra, you’ve seen them all, right? That, it seems, is what nature<br /> wants us to think. Zebras live in herds. What a predator sees in the herd is one mass <br /> of stripes, like a conference of referees on a football field. It may be hard for that <br /> predator—a lion, leopard, cheetah, or hyena—to focus on one individual. <br /></p>
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Zoo Animal Identification: How to Tell a Tiger
<br /><p>At the time of this writing, early 2018, the Smithsonian’s <br />National Zoo is home to two adult Sumatran tigers. <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/how-to-tell-a-tiger/mRFHojJfKwRXWXrk#r">Click</a>.</p>
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You Might Remember This: A Smithsonian Movie Quiz
<p class="MsoNormal">This Smithsonian quiz brings the actual world to bear on the
worlds created by filmmakers in the last century or so. The rules are simple.
The player looks at a set of museum objects from anywhere around the
Smithsonian and tries to answer a question: <em>These
Smithsonian things remind me of a movie. Can you guess which one? </em></p>
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question is set up much like what is below. A multiple choice is in the box with the question mark. The answer is in the last box. The movie
used for the example here is <em>Casablanca. </em>You
know, the one about the fundamental things and their many applications. To take the quiz, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/profile/188">click
here</a>.</p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Nicholas, Patrick, Stephen
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<p>Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. Two are St. Nicholas, two<br /> are St. Patrick, two are St. Stephen. In this game, you’ll try to unite the two versions of each saint <br /> in a folder marked NICHOLAS, PATRICK, or STEPHEN. If you need hints, you will find information <br />on the saints' lives and the conventions of their depiction in art. To go to the game, <a href="http://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/yugslvwbhvjgr0dn#r/163387">click here</a>.</p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Matthew, Mark, Luke
<p>Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. Two are St. Matthew, <br />two
are St. Mark, and two are St. Luke. In this game, you’ll try to unite the two versions of each <br />saint
in a folder marked MATTHEW, MARK, or LUKE. If you need hints, you will find information <br />on the
saints' lives and the conventions of their depiction in art. To go to the game, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/unXVbPEmYXDfktBr#r/160628">click here</a>.</p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Jerome, John, John
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<p>Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. Two are Jerome, two are John<br />the Evangelist, two are John the Baptist. In this game, you’ll try to unite the two versions of each saint<br />in a folder marked JEROME, JOHN EVANGELIST, or JOHN BAPTIST. If you need hints, you will find<br />information on the saints' lives and the conventions of their depiction in art. To go to the game, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/X3e9cnzYtd1mJU0E#r/186361">click here</a>. <br /></p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Cecilia, Elizabeth, Mary
<p>Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. Two are St. Cecilia, two
<br /> are St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and two are the Virgin Mary. In this game, you’ll try to unite the two<br /> versions of each saint
in a folder marked CECILIA, ELIZABETH, or MARY. If you need hints, you <br />will find information on the conventions of their depiction in art. To go to the game, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/P6e4NmWohVidpkPr#r/171082">click here</a>.</p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Catherine, Martha, Joan
<p>Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. In two are Catherine of Alexandria, <br />in two
are the New Testament figure Martha, and in two are Joan of Arc. In this game, you’ll try to unite the <br />two versions of each saint
in a folder marked CATHERINE, MARTHA, or JOAN. If you need hints, you will find <br />information on the
saints' lives and the conventions of their depiction in art. To go to the game, <span class="dotdotdot"></span><a href="http://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/L8rLyxwfvCGEhdqH#r/165983">click here</a>.</p>
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Saints by the Look of Them: Barbara, Anne, Ursula
<p><span class="dotdotdot">Here are six representations of saints in the Smithsonian’s collections. Two are St. Barbara, two <br />are St. Anne, and two are St. Ursula. In this game, you’ll try to unite the two versions of each saint <br />in a folder marked BARBARA, ANNE, or URSULA. If you need hints, you will find information on <br />the saints' lives and the conventions of their depiction in art. </span><span class="dotdotdot"></span><span class="dotdotdot">To go to the game, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/hint-1/mqpruWzttgycePDP#r/165187">click here</a>.</span><span class="dotdotdot"> </span><span class="dotdotdot"> </span><span class="dotdotdot"></span><span class="dotdotdot"><br /></span><br />↓<span class="dotdotdot"> If </span><span class="dotdotdot">you are an educator, click READ MORE.<br /></span><span class="dotdotdot"></span><span class="dotdotdot"></span><br /></p>
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Platonic Relationships
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.learninglab.si.edu/collections/platonic-relationships/ypf4FN07VAGm8oeb#r/141208">Click
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