Explore our Curriculum & Resources

Type

Grade

Topic

Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

Filed Under
Grade 3
Engineering Design
Spirit of St. Louis
Curriculum

STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
White text that says Biodiversity layered overtop of a photo of trees with the leaves changing from green to orange
Video

Lycée Sainte Marie Bastide Capstone Video

This is a free resource
Illustration of Earth with one yellow elliptical orbit
Resource

Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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

STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
A red rectangle with two women on the right and left side and the text Women at NASA
Resource

NASA's Women in STEM

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

STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
An Illustration of two people in spacesuits with Earth in the background and white text that says Artemis Camp.
Resource

Artemis Camp Experience

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

Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Composite image of stars from the Chandra X-ray Telescope
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Teacher Toolkit for sustainable Futures
Resource

Futures! Curriculum Toolkit Resource Site

This is a free resource
Video

Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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

“I love the training!”

This is a free resource
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Denver Public Schools
Resource

LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Denver Public Schools

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Resource

NOAA Planet Stewards

This is a free resource
Preview of the Smithsonian Science Education Centers info graphic on transforming science education
Resource

Transforming Science Education

This is a free resource
Sugar Simulation screenshot
App

Sugar Simulation

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 5
Physical Science
An astronaut in a spacesuit on a spacewalk.
Resource

The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space 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
Video

Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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

Focus on the Stuff

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Video

Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

Filed Under
Education
A gallery of images with a boy looking through eclipse glasses a woman at a computer, two men in a reciprocal bike, a man with a model plane, and a logo with Saturn, a lightbulb, an astronaut, and a plane with text that says Inspire Engage Educated Employ the next generation of explorers.
Resource

Exploring Careers @ NASA for Students

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

Opening Our Minds & Success in Conservation - Plenary 1 - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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

Introducing: Good Thinking!

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Video

Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Video

Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

Filed Under
Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5