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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Earth & Space Science
A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Physical Science
Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second Cover Image
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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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How Can I Help an Animal Cross the Road Safely?

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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The side of a building with lettering that says Chapman Training Complex and a news title across the bottom that says this is not space camp.
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This is not space camp': Watch how recruits train for US Space Force

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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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A blue sky with a white rocket launching
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Air Force Civilian Careers

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An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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

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A tall American Sycamore tree with green leaves
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Physical Science
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Life Science
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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STC Assessment Guide: Floating and Sinking

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

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Virtual Sungazing paper cover with three illustrations one of a sunset, one midday sun, and one sunset.
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Virtual Sungazing

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Space Mission Operations

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