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Image of the interior of an observatory with white metal structure looking down at the primary mirror of the telescope.
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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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Title screen for the educational life science game, Morphy.
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Morphy

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Grade 3
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Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Life Science
Satellite image of the Milky Way galaxy
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Milky Way Explorer

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Earth & Space Science
Image of a man giving a lecture in front of a satellite in a museum
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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Image of the yellow sun in the bottom right corner and text that says journey to the sun above and to the left of the sun
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Journey to the Sun

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Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 7: Hurricanes- Destructive Storms

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Soils– Lesson 6: How Quickly Do Soils Settle in Water?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
Preview of the Smithsonian Science Education Centers info graphic on transforming science education
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Transforming Science Education

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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
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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
cover photo of a fly in a venus flytrap
Curriculum

STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Image of 3D printed water filter
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Filter Fun!

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Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Grade 6
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Life Science
A screen shot of a CNN video with of a command rom with mand standing in the center, two screens behind him, and a title at the bottom that say inside look at U.S. space force.
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Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

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Earth & Space Science
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 Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute

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An astronaut in a spacesuit on a spacewalk.
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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Earth & Space Science