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Tami's Tower Title Screen
Game

Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
Resource

Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
Menu screen of aquation with 5 icons of water bottle, bucket, hose, canteen and watering can
Game

Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Margarita Mora - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Title screen for the education life science game, Showbiz Safari
Game

Showbiz Safari

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Soils– Lesson 6: How Quickly Do Soils Settle in Water?

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

Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Education
Video

Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
Video

i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

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Education
Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
Game

Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Webcast

IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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Video

Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Forces and Motion Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
NIST logo in black
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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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
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Cover of the Ocean community research guide with an underwater photo of sea grass, fish, and sunlight through the water.
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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Spaceports by State

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Dressed to Protect

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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
Title screen of the educational physical science game, BumperDucks
Game

BumperDucks

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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Life Science
Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility & Inclusion Workbook cover
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Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility and Inclusion Workbook

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Education
Artist rendering of a red dwarf planet with one moon in front of it and one behind
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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Earth & Space Science