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Publisher: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Lakota Winter Counts 
 "The Lakota marked the passage of time by drawing pictures of memorable events on calendars known as winter counts. This online exhibit features a searchable database of Smithsonian winter count images, a documentary about Lakota history and culture, video interviews with Lakota people ... and a teacher's guide." Also includes maps, a glossary, and a bibliography. From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://wintercounts.si.edu Topics: Native Americans, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Regions of the World Last updated Nov 20, 2009 Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West
A cooperative project of several organizations, this site provides access to Lewis and Clark maps, with related activities and lesson plans. http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/ Topics: Geography, History, Lesson Plans, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Jan 11, 2004 Natural History Highlight: The Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab
Images from and information about the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's "Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab (SEM Lab) [which] has assisted researchers at the Museum to explore and understand our world at the microscopic level." Includes microscopic images of spiders, dinoflagellates, Sikh artifacts, and items from around the house (such as food and germs). http://www.mnh.si.edu/highlight/sem/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photography, Senior Health, Technology Last updated Oct 16, 2009 Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
Website companion to a 1999-2000 "major exhibition to explore the ancient origin of the Ainu, their evolving relations with the Japanese, and the 20th century Ainu cultural rebirth." Images are accompanied by text and audio and cover topics such as spiritual traditions, trade, homes, activities of men and women, arts, language, and other aspects of Ainu culture. From the Arctic Studies Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History By Place Last updated Jun 10, 2008 Forces of Change
This site explores the natural and human forces that contribute to changes in our environment and how life on earth adapts to these changes. Topics include warming and erosion in the Arctic, changes in the composition of the atmosphere throughout earth's history, El Niño, current conditions (temperatures, precipitation, earthquakes and volcanoes, and vegetation), and a 2008-2010 exhibit on soil. From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://forces.si.edu/ Topics: Environment Last updated Jul 28, 2008 Written in Bone: Forensic Files of 17th-Century Chesapeake
This exhibit "examines history through 17th-century bone biographies, including those of colonists teetering on the edge of survival at Jamestown, Virginia, and those living in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary's City, Maryland." Features include a comic based on an actual forensic case, a series of forensic case files, and illustrated essays on bones, forensic anthropology, and Colonial life. From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/ Topics: Health & Medical Disciplines Last updated Mar 30, 2009 |
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