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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
Cover for Beats and Banjos
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Beats and Banjos

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
The Protecting Whales teacher guide cover with a collage of images showing a mother and baby humpback whale, a whale fluke in front of a military ship, a whale fluke, and a whale fluke in front of a cargo ship.
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PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
Cover of grade 2 physical science teacher's guide
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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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Education
Cover of grade two engineering teachers guide titled How can we stop land from washing away?
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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
Mission to the Moon Model Cover Image
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Mission to the Moon Model

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Grade 2
Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Education
Sustainability
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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Grade 5
Life Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Education
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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

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

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Kindergarten
Man in a suit stands in front of a clean room with two workers.
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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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Earth & Space Science
An artist rendering of a rocket leaving Earth
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the Grade 5 Earth science teacher guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a tv with four arrows in a circle with Virtual Career Speaker Series in text
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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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Earth & Space Science
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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Education
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Orchids Attract Pollinators?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Technology of Paper, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
A microscopic image of DNA helix with text that says Women in STEM: Biotechnology Smithsonian Science Education Center
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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COSIP.TV: ¡COVID-19! ¿Cómo puedo protegerme a mí mismo y a los demás?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Grade 6
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Grade 8
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Curriculum

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

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Kindergarten