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Department of Education Learning with NASA is Out of this World

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Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Denver Public Schools

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Education
Webcast

How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Education
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Earth Observation User Case: Using Landsat to Connect Space to Village

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Changing Earth

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Spin Cycle: Training for High G Flying

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Earth & Space Science
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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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
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
Video

Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
Video

Ecosystems– Material Consideration

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

STC-Secondary™: Studying the Development and Reproduction of Organisms

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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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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Anemometer Energy!

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Engineering Design
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App

Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

English Learners in STEM: Language Log

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Education
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Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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U.S. Space Force Supra Coder Program

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Earth & Space Science