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Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Engineering Design
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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion: Dr. Charles Richard Drew Giving Life Through Blood Research

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Air Force Civilian Careers

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Space Force STEM Activities

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Earth & Space Science
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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
How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Grade 1
Life Science
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USDA Forest Service Module

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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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Earth & Space Science