Explore our Curriculum & Resources

The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Video

Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
A square with a rocket launch in the bottom right corner text saying Ticket to Space in the top right corner and text saying the Air Up There in the bottom left corner.
Resource

Podcast: Ticket to Space

This is a free resource
Video

Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Cover of the Grade 5 Earth science teacher guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

Filed Under
Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

Filed Under
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Title screen of the educational physical science game, BumperDucks
Game

BumperDucks

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Image of the Martian surface of reddish dust and rock and the rover on the right hand side.
Resource

Destination Deep Space

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

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Video

Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Image of a woman Erin Pettyjohn physicist
Resource

Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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
Cover for Changing Habitats
eBook

Changing Habitats

Filed Under
Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Video

Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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

Inquiry science is the foundation

This is a free resource
Cover of grade two engineering teachers guide titled How can we stop land from washing away?
Curriculum

How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

Filed Under
Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Video

Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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

STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Screenshot of info graphic on Digital Initiatives in STEM Education
Resource

Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

This is a free resource
Webcast

IDEAS in STEM: Building Relationships

This is a free resource
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom Grade 3 Life Science Cover
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

Filed Under
Grade 3
Life Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Weather

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Video

Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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

Student Notebooking– Tools: Using a Lab Report Writing Wheel

Filed Under
Education
Curriculum

Climate Resilience!

Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Food Chemistry

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science