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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Circular logo with a navy blue globe in the center and a ring of puzzle pieces around the globe. The puzzle pieces are all shades of blue and have white icons in them. The icons are a plant, telescope, rocket, robotic arm, book, flask, and  shield with a satellite.
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Space Career Resource Guide

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STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
An orangutan hangs from a tree in a moderately dense forest
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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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Life Science
Sustainability
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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Solids and Liquids

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
National Air and Space Museum logo of a blue rectangle and a white airplane and white text
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Music Time

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Blue satellite pointing down on Earth from orbit
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Argos Education

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Earth & Space Science
A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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A light blue rectangle with a white jet on the left and white text that says national air and space museum Smithsonian on the right
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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Curriculum

How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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Student Notebooking– Table of Contents

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Education
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
The Environmental Justice Guide cover with a fist of blue sky and green grass in the foreground of a gray polluted scene.
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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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Education
How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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Animal Studies–Science Vocabulary

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
An ecological library consisting of trees and plants throughout a two story library with a glass ceiling
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Cité scolaire D'Arsonval Group 1 Capstone Video

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Glider Guide Title Screen
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Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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Changing Habitats

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Home on the Range title screen
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Home on the Range

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Fired Up About Energy

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Physical Science
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STC Planners

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Kindergarten
Life Science
A white square with six cards spread out wtih images of a telescope, the sun, and arura as well as a student data sheet.
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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Earth & Space Science