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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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Earth & Space Science
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Make it Rain!

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Education
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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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Education
Curriculum

STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Four people standing in front of two computer screens
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Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Programs

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Earth & Space Science
What's the Code? activity cover
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Engineering Design
Black and white line art of a child in a hooded sweatshirt.
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Be An Explorer!

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Earth & Space Science
White rectangle with blue text that says Space Dynamics Laboratory Utah State University
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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a Navajo woman with short brown hair and embroidered blouse and the Navajo Nation flag.
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Earth Observation User Case: Speaking a New Language of Landsat (Ladies of Landsat)

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Earth & Space Science
An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
A desert habitat in Habitats
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Habitats

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Life Science
Webcast

IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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NIST logo in black
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
microscopic image of a cell
Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Cover of the grade 4 life science teacher guide with the title how can animals use their senses to communicate and images of fireflies, birds and eyes
Curriculum

How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
the cover of the Biotechnology guide with a blue DNA helix and text saying Smithsonian Science for Global Goals and Biotechnology.
Curriculum

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

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Yellow cover of grade 3 engineering teachers guide How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Education
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Man sitting at desk looking at a laptop and two large screens with a photo of land from high up in the air
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Exclusive: Get An Inside Look At The US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a tv with four arrows in a circle with Virtual Career Speaker Series in text
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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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Earth & Space Science
Image of the yellow sun in the bottom right corner and text that says journey to the sun above and to the left of the sun
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Journey to the Sun

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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 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
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Inquiry science is vital

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