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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Floating and Sinking

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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App

Weather Lab

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
A close up view of the James Webb Space Telescope's gold hexoganal primary mirror.
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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Cover of grade two engineering teachers guide titled How can we stop land from washing away?
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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Grade 2
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Grade 6
Life Science
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Commercial Space Data

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
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eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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
A blue sky with a rocket launching vertically with white smoke beneath it
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Earth & Space Science
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Space Force Recruiting Site

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A microscopic image of DNA helix with text that says Women in STEM: Biotechnology Smithsonian Science Education Center
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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NASA's Women in STEM

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Earth & Space Science
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Strategic Planning Institute 2013

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Education
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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"Science is fun, active, and hands-on."

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Orchids Attract Pollinators?

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Life Science
The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Impacting student learning

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Video

Students can’t wait for science!

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microscopic image of a cell
Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
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
Curriculum

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

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Life Science