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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Life Science
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Round seal with a bald eagle in the middle, e pluribus unum on paper in its beak, olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other, vertical depiction of the US flag on its body and a globe behind it. There is a ring of stars around the eagle and globe and then a circle of text that says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence United States of America.
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Student Notebooking– Table of Contents

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
White rectangle with blue text that says Space Dynamics Laboratory Utah State University
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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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A satellite in space with the Earth reflecting in its solar panel
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Simulating Sutures activity
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Simulating Sutures

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Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Man in camouflage uniform that says US Space force
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Join the U.S. Space Force

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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 the Ocean community research guide with an underwater photo of sea grass, fish, and sunlight through the water.
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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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Space Mission Operations

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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Life Science
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Space Force Recruiting Site

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The cover of grade 5 life science teacher guide titled How can we predict change in ecosystems?
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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Grade 5
Life Science
Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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Earth & Space Science
A satellite image of clouds over the United States
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
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Effective Inquiry-Based STEM Education

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science