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Resource

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

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

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

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Kindergarten
Video

Bike Powered Generator featuring Mr. Harrison

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Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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

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eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Video

Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
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How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

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Game

Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Webcast

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

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Curriculum

How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
Telescope observatory at night.
Resource

U.S. Space Force: Make History :30 Commercial

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
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U.S. Space Force Supra Coder Program

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Student Notebooking– Keeping a Teacher Book

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Education
Astronaut in the Space Station looking out a window down onto Earth.
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Space Junk Around Earth

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Earth & Space Science
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LASER i3 in NC

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Magnets and Motors Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Video

Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science