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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
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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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
A white square with six cards spread out wtih images of a telescope, the sun, and arura as well as a student data sheet.
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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Earth & Space Science
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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Transforming Science Education

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A classroom of children with their hands raised looking at the teacher
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NOAA Educator Opportunities

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

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

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Education
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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module
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Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module

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Life Science
Sustainability
Cover of Biotechnology guide with blue DNA double helix
Curriculum

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

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Curriculum

Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Sir Isaac Newton
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Newton's Laws

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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
Spirit of St. Louis
Curriculum

STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Earth & Space Science
Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson Cover Image
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Video

Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Video

Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
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Animal Studies– Materials and Organizations

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science