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NASA's Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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Lisa Sedares, Project Leader JPSS Flight and Ground Projects - STEM Literacy Project

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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Man in a suit stands in front of a clean room with two workers.
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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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High School
Sustainability
Illustrated Earth in bottom left with images of the landsat satellites orbiting and the title Ladies of Landsat Power of the Pixel.
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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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Ocean X Climate Summit

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Physical Science
How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? Teacher Guide cover
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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Physical Science
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Habitats

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Life Science
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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
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Be Mosquito Smart: Know the Enemy

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Virtual Sungazing

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Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's Laws

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
A close up view of the James Webb Space Telescope's gold hexoganal primary mirror.
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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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EROS Image of the Week

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Ecosystems– Material Consideration

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Science: A Work in Progress

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Transforming Science Education

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