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STC Program: Human Body Systems Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Astronaut in the Space Station looking out a window down onto Earth.
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Space Junk Around Earth

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Earth & Space Science
Man looking at camera with bookshelf behind him.
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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Earth & Space Science
Styling Sun Safety activity cover
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Styling Sun Safety

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Video

Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Engineering Batteries Cover Image
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Engineering Batteries

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Grade 8
Video

Impact of Professional Development for Science Teachers

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Education
Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

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Earth & Space Science
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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Earth & Space Science
yellow cover of How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?
Curriculum

How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
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
Image of the cover of Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
Illustration of a Navajo woman with short brown hair and embroidered blouse and the Navajo Nation flag.
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Earth Observation User Case: Speaking a New Language of Landsat (Ladies of Landsat)

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

A microscopic image of DNA helix with text that says Women in STEM: Biotechnology Smithsonian Science Education Center
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
Ouch I Need A Bandage activity cover
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Video

Strategic Planning Institute 2013

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Education
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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space 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
World's Deadliest Animal Podcasting Module
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World's Deadliest Animal Podcasting Module

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Life Science
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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Air and space logo white on blue background
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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Video

Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Magnets and Motors, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Video

Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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