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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
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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Resource

Teen Astronomy Cafe

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U.S. Space Force: Origins

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Earth & Space Science
Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson Cover Image
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Video

Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Life Science
The nose of a two propeller plane.
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NASA's Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
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Space Career Resource Guide

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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Curriculum

Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
A satellite in space with the Earth reflecting in its solar panel
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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Earth & Space Science
Telescope observatory at night.
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U.S. Space Force: Make History :30 Commercial

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Planners

Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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NOAA Educator Opportunities

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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LASER i3 in NC

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Education
NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Plants and Animals Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
Curriculum

How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Kenny Harris, Senior Project Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Video

We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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Spaceports by State

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science