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How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Lime green rectangle with a man on the right looking at an inset image of a neutron star which looks pink with rings of red surrounding it.
Resource

Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Man with brown hair looking into camera with a bookshelf behind him.
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
Black field with tiny white and blue dots representing stars white text that says 30 days with a space and cyber airmen.
Resource

Missile Warning and Space Surveillance

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Earth & Space Science
Shrinking Sutures activity cover
Resource

Shrinking Sutures

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Curriculum

STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

Video

Fired Up About Energy

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Physical Science
Woman soldier shaking hands with a student
Resource

Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
A blue tone image of the Smithsonian castle with text that says Stories of women in STEM at the Smithsonian
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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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Education
Video

Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Education
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Man sitting at desk looking at a laptop and two large screens with a photo of land from high up in the air
Resource

Exclusive: Get An Inside Look At The US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
A student working on a model.
Resource

Air Force Legacy

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
An illustration of a coffee mug with a spoon in it and text that says teen astronomy cafe
Resource

Teen Astronomy Cafe

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Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Vaccines Cover
Curriculum

Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
App

Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Video

Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Webcast

Panel: Transforming STEM Education and Industry through an Accessibility Lens

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NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
Resource

Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
Photo of the a large orange rocket on a launch pad at night with lights shining on it.
Resource

Department of Education Learning with NASA is Out of this World

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Earth & Space Science
A desert habitat in Habitats
Game

Habitats

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Life Science
Cover of grade two engineering teachers guide titled How can we stop land from washing away?
Curriculum

How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability