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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Grade 2
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Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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Space Weather

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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Physical Science
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Focus on the Stuff

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Space Environment

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Space Career Resource Guide

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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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Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Mosquito! How Can We Ensure Health For All From Mosquito-borne Diseases?

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Robert Latta, Aerospace Engineer

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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

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Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Kindergarten
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STC Planners

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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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United States Geological Survey's Eyes on Earth Podcast

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