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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space 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
Video

Inquiry science is vital

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Video

Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
Four people standing in front of two computer screens
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Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Programs

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Webcast

How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Education
Text that says remote sensing classroom
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Remote Sensing Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
An illustration of a coffee mug with a spoon in it and text that says teen astronomy cafe
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Teen Astronomy Cafe

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Two service members one standing on the ground one sitting in a flight simulator.
Resource

Spin Cycle: Training for High G Flying

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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 the Martian surface of reddish dust and rock and the rover on the right hand side.
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Destination Deep Space

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Earth & Space Science
Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module
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Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module

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Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Will Santos, Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Cover of the Keep it Balanced activity with an illustration of the endocrine system and a hand holding cards that say blood sugar increases and blood sugar decreases
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Keep it Balanced

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
An antacid bubbling as it is disolved in water
Curriculum

STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Cover of the grade 1 earth and space science teacher's guide
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Filed Under
Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
Video

Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Yuck! That Tastes Terrible Cover Image
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Curriculum

How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
Curriculum

How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Light Up the Cave title screen
App

Light Up the Cave

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Grade 1
Physical Science
Resource

Rainforest Protector

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Image of cover of Dressed to protect activity
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Dressed to Protect

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Students in Benin gather around a sanitation station
Video

Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Education
Video

Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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