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Here's a list of resources that we find particularly interesting. E-mail us if you have other suggestions!

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Summer Camps and Programs!: Here's the schedule of "summer of discovery" camps at the Burke Museum, for kids ages 7–10 and 11–14.
Focus on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Meet the animals, people, cultural artifacts, and issues of these hotly contested lands. Includes lesson plans and activities.
Archaeology of Seattle's West Point: See the remarkable story of prehistoric cultures who lived in Seattle—an interactive online exhibit.
Plan your group tour of the Burke Museum: here's the scoop on parking, the nuts and bolts, and notes for chaperones.

Teachers guides, curricula, activities

Alaskan Arctic: curriculum and lesson plans on biodiversity and cultures of the Arctic. Plus: Make a mask, caribou antlers, or snow goggles!
Day of the Dead: Learn about this Mexican celebration by making paper marigolds. Or, rent a study kit for your classroom. See humorous toy skeletons from El Día de los Muertos!
Basketry: Teachers guide for Northwest Coast Basketry
Earthquakes: curriculum and activities
Fossils and evolution: curriculum and activities about the Burgess Shale, "Evolution's Big Bang"
The AskAsia collection of Lesson Plans about Asian topics
The Explainer Program at the Exploratorium

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