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A close up view of the James Webb Space Telescope's gold hexoganal primary mirror.
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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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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
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Kindergarten
Life Science
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How Can I Help an Animal Cross the Road Safely?

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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report Cover
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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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Education
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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Grade 6
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Sustainability
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Physical Science
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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom Grade 3 Life Science Cover
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Grade 5
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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Education
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
Ouch I Need A Bandage activity cover
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Grade 1
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Engineering Design
Illustration of Earth with satellite orbiting it
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2-Body Equation of Motion

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Grade 3
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Life Science
Sustainability
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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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

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Education
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STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Logo that says Ladies of Landsat with a rendering of a landsat satelight
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Ladies of Landsat

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Earth & Space Science
Image of a man giving a lecture in front of a satellite in a museum
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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the Cool to Cary activity with three different designed cups.
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Cool to Carry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability