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Artistic line art rendering of a satellite with green gas coming out of it.
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Space Environment

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer
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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility & Inclusion Workbook cover
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Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility and Inclusion Workbook

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Education
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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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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Black and white line art of a child in a hooded sweatshirt.
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Be An Explorer!

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Grade 5
Life Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Student Notebooking– Table of Contents

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Education
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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Measuring Time, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
Cover for Water Works
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Water Works

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Satellite image of water and land on earth with text that says Earth as art
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Earth As Art

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Image of the yellow sun in the bottom right corner and text that says journey to the sun above and to the left of the sun
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Journey to the Sun

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Image of a yellow 3D printed anemometer with a base, a pencil as a vertical component and four half spheres on a horizonal top piece
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Anemometer Energy!

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

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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Education
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Education
Food Chain Fix Title
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Food Chain Fix

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Sustainability
The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science