Explore our Curriculum & Resources

Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

Filed Under
Grade 3
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Sustainability
Video

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

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
Resource

Build a CubeSat!

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Title screen for the educational life science game, Morphy.
Game

Morphy

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
A friendly monster named Tycho talks to a girl named Desta.
Game

Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Image of the interior of an observatory with white metal structure looking down at the primary mirror of the telescope.
Resource

How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

This is a free resource
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
An astronaut in a spacesuit on a spacewalk.
Resource

The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
Resource

Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
Resource

Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Video

Bike Powered Generator featuring Mr. Harrison

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Two service members one standing on the ground one sitting in a flight simulator.
Resource

Spin Cycle: Training for High G Flying

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Cover for Water Works
eBook

Water Works

Filed Under
Grade 5
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Video

Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Ecosystems

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
Resource

DoD STARBASE

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Image of a man giving a lecture in front of a satellite in a museum
Resource

Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Satellite image of water and land on earth with text that says Earth as art
Resource

Earth As Art

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Image of the cover for ¡Food! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar una buena nutrició para todos?
Curriculum

¡Food! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar una buena nutrició para todos?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
Curriculum

How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

Filed Under
Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability