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Line art illustration of observatory with text that says NOAO underneath it
Resource

Tales of the modern astronomer

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Earth & Space Science
NIST logo in black
Resource

NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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A friendly monster named Tycho talks to a girl named Desta.
Game

Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Resource

STC Living Materials Order Sheet, Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
Man in a white coat in front of a large round piece of meatal with text saying Adam Biskner mechanical engineer
Resource

Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Land and Water

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Image of 3D printed camera trap
Resource

Wilderness Watch!

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Engineering Design
microscopic image of a cell
Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
Video

Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Cover of the Grade 5 Earth science teacher guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Weather Widget Cover
Resource

Weather Widget

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Cover of Biodiversity guide with a photo of a coral reef and shoreling
Curriculum

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

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Life Science
Sustainability
Man standing at a desk giving a lecture
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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Cover of Biotechnology guide with blue DNA double helix
Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Cover for Changing Habitats
eBook

Changing Habitats

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
A gallery of eight people and text hat says acquisitions, administration, aircraft maintenance, animal care, auditing, chaplain, civil engineering, and information technology.
Resource

Air Force Civilian Careers

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Fired Up About Energy

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Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability