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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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LASER i3 in New Mexico

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Education
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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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Earth & Space Science
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Milky Way Explorer

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Earth & Space Science
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

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

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

¡Mosquito! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar la salud para todos contra las enfermedades transmitidas por los mosquitos?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Spaceports by State

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Keep it Balanced

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
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Destination Deep Space

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Earth & Space Science
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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Magnet Motion

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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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Education
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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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Science: A Work in Progress

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Education
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Changing Earth

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
Webcast

Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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Education
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Education