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Whale logo with WPC below, a welcome message, a yellow button that says dive in
Game

Whale Protection Corps

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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

Space Mission Operations

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Biodiversity! guide in Spanish
Curriculum

¡Biodiversidad! ¿Cómo podemos equilibrar las necesidades de las personas con las necesidades de otros seres vivos?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Life Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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Education
Black field with white text that says United States Space Force
Resource

U.S. Space Force Commercial: Space Is Hard

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Sustainable Communities guide in Spanish
Curriculum

¡Comunidades Sostenibles! ¿Cómo contribuiremos al progreso de nuestra comunidad?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Video

Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Menu screen of aquation with 5 icons of water bottle, bucket, hose, canteen and watering can
Game

Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
Video

Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Cover of the Keep it Balanced activity with an illustration of the endocrine system and a hand holding cards that say blood sugar increases and blood sugar decreases
Resource

Keep it Balanced

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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
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
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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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
A tall American Sycamore tree with green leaves
Resource

Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Earth & Space Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Organisms

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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.
Resource

Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Video

Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the interactive e-Book, Expedition: Insects
eBook

Expedition: Insects

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
Sustainability
Yellow, orange and black image of the sun with solar flares
Resource

Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
Game

Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Video

Impacting student learning

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Why Invest in STEM?

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Education
Resource

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Inquiry science is the foundation

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