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Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Transforming Science Education

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Understanding Weather and Climate–Lesson 9: Ocean Currents-Using the Demo Box

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Showbiz Safari

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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Life Science
Sustainability
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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Aerospace Corporation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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Through the Window and into the Mirror: Narratives of African American STEM Professionals

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Earth & Space Science
Front cover of the What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? teachers guide with flowers plants and bugs
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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Education
A screen shot of a CNN video with of a command rom with mand standing in the center, two screens behind him, and a title at the bottom that say inside look at U.S. space force.
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Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

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Earth & Space Science
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
A red rectangle with two women on the right and left side and the text Women at NASA
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NASA's Women in STEM

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Earth & Space Science
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The Impact of LASER i3

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Curriculum

How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
Cover for Changing Earth
eBook

Changing Earth

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Cover image for STEM Leadership Alliance 2020 presentation
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An Integrated Approach to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) in STEM

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Large image of the Moon with a person in a chair looking at the image and a computer screen
Curriculum

National Geospatial -Intelligence Agency Mapping Moments: Lunar Module Simulator

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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
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Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science