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"Science is fun, active, and hands-on."

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"The staff love the PD"

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Teacher Tips: Weather

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Life Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Physical Science
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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Physical Science
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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Earth & Space Science
Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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Earth & Space Science
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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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.
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PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Life Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design