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An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
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Increases in student achivement

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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Education
Curriculum

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

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Electric Circuits Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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Changing Habitats

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Grade 6
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Life Science
Sustainability
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals, 3rd Edition

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Grade 2
Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion Cover Image
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Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion: Dr. Charles Richard Drew Giving Life Through Blood Research

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Grade 3
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Grade 6
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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Education
A collage of images from left to right: a world map, a coral reef, a metal sculpture of a teacher talking to a student, a dock on a lake, and a world map
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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
A rectangular image that is blue on the top and fades into rust orange with white text that says the Ocean X Climate Summit
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Ocean X Climate Summit

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Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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Earth & Space Science
An astronaut in a spacesuit on a spacewalk.
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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Earth & Space Science
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Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science