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Six middle school girls standing in a half circle in front of a tree with a white school building in the background
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Our Lady of Lourdes Capstone Video

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Students working at computers
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Aerospace Corporation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
A blue sky with a white rocket launching
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Air Force Civilian Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Menu screen of aquation with 5 icons of water bottle, bucket, hose, canteen and watering can
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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Digestion and Motion

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Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Grade 6
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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
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The Impact of LASER i3

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A satellite with grey body and blue solar panels orbiting Earth.
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Education
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
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Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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STC Assessment Guide: Changes

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Ouch I Need A Bandage activity cover
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Grade 1
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Engineering Design
Photo of a beam of light coming from a flashlight
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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Trait Tracker Cover
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Trait Tracker

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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
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Vaccines Cover
Curriculum

Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Grade 3
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Life Science
Sustainability
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science