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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring Respiration and Circulation

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Grade 6
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Life Science
Front cover of the What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? teachers guide with flowers plants and bugs
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
Map of the moon with text that says astrogeology planets and moons.
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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Curriculum

How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Life Science
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
microscopic image of a cell
Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Chemistry
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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Focus on the Stuff

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Education
A gallery of eight people  and text hat says acquisitions, administration, aircraft maintenance, animal care, auditing, chaplain, civil engineering, and information technology.
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Air Force Civilian Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Physical Science
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
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Man in a white coat in front of a large round piece of meatal with text saying Adam Biskner mechanical engineer
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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Kindergarten
Physical 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
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"The staff love the PD"

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A collage of images from left to right: a world map, a coral reef, a metal sculpture of a teacher talking to a student, a dock on a lake, and a world map
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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Sugar Simulation screenshot
App

Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study title screen
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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Life Science