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Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.
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Learning from a Sea of Teachers

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Mistaken Point New Foundland
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Ediacaran Fossils: One Species at a Time

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A great white shark gaping its jaws at the surface of the water; gaping is used as a form of communication in sharks
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Gaping Jaws of a Great White Shark

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

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Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

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'Blue Marble' satellite image of the Earth
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

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A large group of dancers from the island of Tokelau dance during fiafia, evening entertainment)
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Water is Rising: Pacific Islands, Art, and Climate Change

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A photo of zebra mussels clinging together, the mollusks have successfully invaded brackish and freshwater areas across North America.
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Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

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Illustration of the Paleozoic shallow water habitat.
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A Mississippian Marine Habitat (359 - 318 Million Years Ago)

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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Cambrian Period (542 – 488 Million Years Ago)

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A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008. Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

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A male surfer catching a wave in Hawaii
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Inside the Wave, Makena Beach, Maui

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