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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Education
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
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Water Works

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Curriculum

How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Earth & Space Science
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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Beekeeper Presentation featuring Ren Ramsey

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Life Science
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
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Electric Circuits Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
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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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Spin Cycle: Training for High G Flying

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Earth & Space Science
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“I love the training!”

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Man in camouflage uniform that says US Space force
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Join the U.S. Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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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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Smithsonian literacy materials

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? Teacher Guide cover
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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
A white rectangle with text saying You for Youth in the top left and a photo of a girl reading a book in the bottom right.
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21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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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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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Image of a yellow 3D printed anemometer with a base, a pencil as a vertical component and four half spheres on a horizonal top piece
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Anemometer Energy!

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Engineering Design
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science