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Resource

Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Curriculum

STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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¡Food! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar una buena nutrició para todos?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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High School
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
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Beekeeper Presentation featuring Ren Ramsey

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Life Science
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Sound– Notebooking

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Game

Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Lime green rectangle with a man on the right looking at an inset image of a neutron star which looks pink with rings of red surrounding it.
Resource

Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Grade 2 life science teacher's guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Shrinking Sutures activity cover
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Shrinking Sutures

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Earth & Space Science
Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Logo that says Ladies of Landsat with a rendering of a landsat satelight
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Ladies of Landsat

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Earth & Space Science
Astronaut in the Space Station looking out a window down onto Earth.
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Space Junk Around Earth

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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.
Curriculum

Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Light Up the Cave

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Grade 1
Physical Science
Video

Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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Education
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Land and Water

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Time: It’s Like, So Deep

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Education
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
Curriculum

How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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