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Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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Education
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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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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Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
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Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Satellite image of water and land on earth with text that says Earth as art
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Earth As Art

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Sustainability
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

Curriculum

STC Program: Human Body Systems Unit Kit

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Grade 6
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Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Education
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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Space Weather

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

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Illustrated Earth in bottom left with images of the landsat satellites orbiting and the title Ladies of Landsat Power of the Pixel.
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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the Ocean community research guide with an underwater photo of sea grass, fish, and sunlight through the water.
Curriculum

Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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STC Living Materials Order Sheet, Microworlds

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Photo of a beam of light coming from a flashlight
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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Teacher Tips: Weather

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Literacy Tool Use as an Integral Feature of Students’ “Science ing”

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Education
A blue circle with an eagle head above a green shield with a green ring around the circle with text that says Department of Energy United States of America.
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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Purple teachers guide cover of kindergarten earth and space science
Curriculum

How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Night sky with silhouettes of trees with a bright green streak in the sky
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

Climate Resilience!

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Bulldozing Technique for Science Class

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Kindergarten
Life Science
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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