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A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Grade 6
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Life Science
Sustainability
the cover of the Biotechnology guide with a blue DNA helix and text saying Smithsonian Science for Global Goals and Biotechnology.
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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Circular logo with a navy blue globe in the center and a ring of puzzle pieces around the globe. The puzzle pieces are all shades of blue and have white icons in them. The icons are a plant, telescope, rocket, robotic arm, book, flask, and shield with a satellite.
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Space Career Resource Guide

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Image of 3D printed guitar
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
Photo of a room of students with a model Earth suspended above them and text that says Science on a Sphere
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Tami's Tower Title Screen
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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition title screen
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Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Cover of the Sustainable Communities Arabic guide
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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Man with brown hair looking into camera with a bookshelf behind him.
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
Line art illustration of observatory with text that says NOAO underneath it
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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Earth & Space Science
A full moon above a treeline.
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Introduction to Moon Trees

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring the World Set

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Kindergarten
How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
A tall American Sycamore tree with green leaves
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Earth & Space Science
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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Education
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Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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Kenny Harris, Senior Project Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Illustrated moon surface with text that says teaching with telescopes.
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Teaching with Telescopes

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Earth & Space Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Life Science
Illustrated Earth in bottom left with images of the landsat satellites orbiting and the title Ladies of Landsat Power of the Pixel.
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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Earth & Space Science