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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Earth & Space Science
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Kindergarten
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Life Science
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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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Chemistry
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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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

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

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Kindergarten
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Why Invest in STEM?

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Education
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Students can’t wait for science!

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

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Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Operations in the NAS

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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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