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Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Commercial Space Data

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A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
The purple cover of grade 3 earth science teachers guide
Curriculum

How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

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Earth & Space Science
Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
Webcast

Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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Education
Sustainability
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Margarita Mora - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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STC Planners

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Mosquito! How Can We Ensure Health For All From Mosquito-borne Diseases?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Image of stars in the night sky
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Space Mission Operations

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Earth & Space Science
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Working in groups

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Cover of Biotechnology guide with blue DNA double helix
Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Image of 3D printed Smithsonian Castle and pan
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Channel Challenge!

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

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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering title screen
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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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Earth & Space Science
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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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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STC Literacy Series™: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Illustrated moon surface with text that says teaching with telescopes.
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Teaching with Telescopes

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Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
Satellite above earth with text that says landsats
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Earth Resources and Observation Science Center Overview

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Earth & Space Science