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Students can’t wait for science!

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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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Air Force K-12 Activities

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Grade 1
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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Working in groups

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Education
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Hispanos de la NASA

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Gravity

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Earth & Space Science
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Grade 1
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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Education
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science