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Curriculum

How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Anemometer Energy!

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Engineering Design
Webcast

Zero Barriers in STEM Education Summit: Keynote Address & Closing Remarks

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Webcast

Panel: Transforming STEM Education and Industry through an Accessibility Lens

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Curriculum

STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Bulldozing Technique for Science Class

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Digestion and Motion

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

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Earth As Art

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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Earth & Space Science
How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Grade 1
Life Science
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Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Cool to Carry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
Curriculum

How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
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English Learners in STEM: Language Log

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Earth & Space Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Earth & Space Science
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Make it Rain!

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Education