Smithsonian Institution Courses

The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture

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EXCLUSIVE! When you complete a verified certificate in this course, you will receive digital artwork from a current comic book artist.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Smithsonian’s Objects That Define America

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Explore the history of America through the view of key historic objects, inventions, and exhibits in the Smithsonian collections.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Power and Responsibility: Doing Philosophy with Superheroes

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Pow! Bang! Kaboom! Power and Responsibility: Doing Philosophy with Superheroes, a SmithsonianX and Harvard Division of Continuing Education course, blends superheroes narratives with the core areas of philosophy.

• edX
• 1-5 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art

Learn how to integrate works of art using Artful Thinking routines, effective strategies from Project Zero at Harvard University, in this interactive online course for teachers of all levels and subjects.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology

Explore the impact and influence of Star Trek on today's society and technology.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Historical Inquiry with Objects

This course will give middle and high school history teachers new techniques to engage and motivate students with an inquiry-based approach to learning.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Our Global Ocean – An Introduction Course

Our ocean is vast, mysterious, and key to all life on our planet. This short course will introduce you to the basics of our ocean, marine life, and the connection between humans and our ocean.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

#EarthOptimism

A 5-session workshop focused on identifying conservation success stories and sharing them on Twitter.Join others from around the world who care about changing the conversation around conservation from one of doom and gloom to one of hope and optimism...a…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 1 week long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Design in the Classroom with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Learn how to teach design thinking in the K-12 classroom using Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s innovative classroom activity.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change Communication

This online course will provide educators and volunteers with information about the drivers, impacts, and solutions of climate change, as well as strategies for talking about climate change in an informal education environment.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Foundations for Transforming Teaching and Learning about Native Americans

In this course, learners will join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to explore the impact of problematic narratives of Native Americans on U.S. society and education and learn ways to recognize and share more complete narratives b…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects

Educators from four Smithsonian museums will explore connections among their collections and model teaching strategies that participants can implement with their students, whether online or in the classroom.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 14 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology II

Explorehow Star Trek' sdiverse crew prompted audiences to reconsider their own perceptions of different races and genders as well as their own place in the universe.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Designing for Textiles

The Designing for Textiles workshop provides those who work in traditional crafts-based media with an introduction, or refresher, to design education through the lens of Armenian textiles. Based on an in-person training program that took place in 2018 th…

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology III

Explorehow Star Trek inspires reflection on our own history, humanity, and place in the universe.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)