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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
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Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Earth & Space Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Purple teachers guide cover of kindergarten earth and space science
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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Glider Guide Title Screen
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Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 7: Hurricanes- Destructive Storms

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Earth & Space Science
Main screen for the educational earth science app, Weather Lab
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Weather Lab

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the Climate action guide with an imag of Earth from space
Curriculum

Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Exploring Planetary Systems

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Earth & Space Science
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STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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Earth & Space Science
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
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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
Composite image of stars from the Chandra X-ray Telescope
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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Grade 3
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Earth & Space Science