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Disaster Detector

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Life Science
How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Grade 1
Life Science
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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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Earth & Space Science
An illustrated image of a living room with a couch and a tv and white wave lines going across the image in all directions
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NASA - Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

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Education
Sustainability
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Make it Rain!

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Illustration of the earth from space and a orbit around it.
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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Space Force Recruiting Site

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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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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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STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
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Students in Benin gather around a sanitation station
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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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Global Generations | The Global Classroom | November
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | November

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Round seal with a bald eagle in the middle, e pluribus unum on paper in its beak, olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other, vertical depiction of the US flag on its body and a globe behind it. There is a ring of stars around the eagle and globe and then a circle of text that says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence United States of America.
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 5
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STC Literacy Series™: Technology of Paper, Pack of 8

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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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Engineering Batteries

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Grade 8
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science