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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Student Notebooking– Tools: Using a Lab Report Writing Wheel

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Education
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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Physical Science
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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Education
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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Forces and Motion Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
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Will Santos, Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Earth & Space Science
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Space Career Resource Guide

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Education
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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Student Notebooking– Keeping a Teacher Book

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Education
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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
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Chemistry
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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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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Journey to the Sun

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Impacting student learning

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Gravity

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
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Remote Sensing Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
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Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition

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