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Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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STEM Education for Social Good

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Impacting student learning

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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Physical Science
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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Kindergarten
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion: Dr. Charles Richard Drew Giving Life Through Blood Research

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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Education
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
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National Air and Space Museum Educator Resources

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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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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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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U.S. Space Force Commercial: Space Is Hard

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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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STC Literacy Series™: Measuring Time, Pack of 8

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