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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Grade 8
Life Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Ecosystems

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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Fired Up About Energy

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Physical Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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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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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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COSIP.TV: ¡COVID-19! ¿Cómo puedo protegerme a mí mismo y a los demás?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
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EROS Image of the Week

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Earth & Space Science
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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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Soils– Materials Distribution: Roles and Responsibilities

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Developing User Confidence & Engagement with New Technologies

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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Earth & Space Science
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Sunlight on the National Mall

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Education
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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FAA : Commercial Space 101

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Food Chain Fix

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Sustainability