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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Earth from space
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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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Earth & Space Science
The purple cover of grade 3 earth science teachers guide
Curriculum

How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
the cover of the Biotechnology guide with a blue DNA helix and text saying Smithsonian Science for Global Goals and Biotechnology.
Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
An antacid bubbling as it is disolved in water
Curriculum

STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Cover of the grade 4 physical science teachers guide
Curriculum

How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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
Large hadron collider
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Magnetism - Defending Our Planet, Defining The Cosmos

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Earth & Space Science
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
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
Webcast

Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
Curriculum

What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Education
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Bike Powered Generator featuring Mr. Harrison

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Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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FAA : Commercial Space 101

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Text saying Air Force STEM k-12 with an illustrated eagle
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Air Force K-12 Activities

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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
Home on the Range title screen
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Home on the Range

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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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A black rectangle with an illustration of a crescent moon and the text NASA eclips
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NASA eClips: Careers at NASA - More than just astronauts

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space 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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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
A collage of images from left to right: a world map, a coral reef, a metal sculpture of a teacher talking to a student, a dock on a lake, and a world map
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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Title screen for the interactive e-Book, Expedition: Insects
eBook

Expedition: Insects

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
Sustainability