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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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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Physical Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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Trait Tracker

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STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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Earth & Space Science
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Program

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Energy! How can we ensure sustainable energy for all?

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High School
Sustainability
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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Illustration of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun from left to right and arrows going from Earth to the Moon and Moon to the Sun
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NOAA SciJinks: It’s All About the Weather

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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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Food Chain Fix

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Changing Habitats

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Physical Science
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Physical Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Physical Science
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Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

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Life 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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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Be An Explorer!

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Round seal with a bald eagle in the middle, e pluribus unum on paper in its beak, olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other, vertical depiction of the US flag on its body and a globe behind it. There is a ring of stars around the eagle and globe and then a circle of text that says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence United States of America.
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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"The staff love the PD"

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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2-Body Equation of Motion

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Earth & Space Science
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Anemometer Energy!

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