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STC Program: Human Body Systems Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Image of 3D printed Smithsonian Castle and pan
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
Night sky with silhouettes of trees with a bright green streak in the sky
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
blue circle with red swoosh through it and NASA in white text with a white circle vertical around the a and s.
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NASA STEM Engagement

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Earth & Space Science
Satellite image of the Milky Way galaxy
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Milky Way Explorer

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Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools

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Education
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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Education
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
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
A line art illustration of a person reaching for a yellow star with text that says Soaring beyond expectations
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21st CCLC Summer Symposium Plenary, "Girls in STEM" featuring NASA women.

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Earth & Space Science
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Make it Rain!

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Cover for Build Your Own Stylus
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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Yuck! That Tastes Terrible Cover Image
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
A white rectangle with text saying You for Youth in the top left and a photo of a girl reading a book in the bottom right.
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21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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Earth & Space Science
Students in Benin gather around a sanitation station
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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Education
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
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Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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 the Fostering Change Playbook
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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Education
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
Video

Diverse Stories of Resilience: The Power of Community

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
A satellite image of clouds over the United States
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science