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Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition title screen
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Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition

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Grade 4
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Grade 8
Penguin Protection title screen
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Penguin Protection

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Grade 1
Life Science
Menu screen of aquation with 5 icons of water bottle, bucket, hose, canteen and watering can
Game

Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

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Earth & Space Science
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Spaceports by State

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Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
A tall American Sycamore tree with green leaves
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Earth & Space 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.
Curriculum

PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
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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"The staff love the PD"

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Working in groups

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
What's the Code? activity cover
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Grade 1
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Engineering Design
America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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STC Literacy Series™: Soils

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education
Virtual Sungazing paper cover with three illustrations one of a sunset, one midday sun, and one sunset.
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Virtual Sungazing

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Image of Earth from space with text that says lava flows
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EROS Image of the Week

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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Preparing young minds

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Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
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Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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Education
Sustainability
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Denver Public Schools

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Education
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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
An illustration of a computer screen with images of construction on it
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Collège les Colliberts Group 3 Capstone Video

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