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Cover of the Cool to Cary activity with three different designed cups.
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Cool to Carry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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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Curriculum

How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Grade 5
Life Science
National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report Cover
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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate

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Earth & Space Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Cover of Educating for Sustainable development perspectives of US and Global Educators
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Educating for Sustainable Development: Perspectives of U.S. and Global Educators Report

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Sustainability
Vaccines Cover
Curriculum

Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Image of the cover for Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Food! How do we ensure good nutrition for all?
Curriculum

Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Studying Soils: Claims and Evidence

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Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
Game

Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Image of 3D printed Smithsonian Castle and pan
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
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How Can I Help an Animal Cross the Road Safely?

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Video

Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom Grade 3 Life Science Cover
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
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
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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Video

Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Cover of Biodiversity guide with a photo of a coral reef and shoreling
Curriculum

Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
Resource

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Operations in the NAS

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Blue teachers guide cover of kindergarten physical science
Curriculum

How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
A light blue rectangle with a white jet on the left and white text that says national air and space museum Smithsonian on the right
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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Earth & Space Science