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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 4
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Grade 6
Grade 7
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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
Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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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
Front cover of the What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? teachers guide with flowers plants and bugs
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
Blue text that says my next move with the o of move being shaped like a compass with two orange arrows
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Department of Labor My Next Move - Explore Occupations

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Earth & Space Science
Cover for Changing Earth
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Changing Earth

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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STC Literacy Series™: Solids and Liquids

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Curriculum

STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Home on the Range title screen
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Home on the Range

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
What's the Code? activity cover
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 3: Learning More About Caterpillars

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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Life Science
A friendly monster named Tycho talks to a girl named Desta.
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Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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Education
Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
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Student Notebooking– Add an Envelope

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Education
A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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

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Education
A satellite with grey body and blue solar panels orbiting Earth.
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of Simulating Sutures activity
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Simulating Sutures

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Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's Laws

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Earth & Space Science
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
Earth from space
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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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Earth & Space Science
Image of a yellow 3D printed anemometer with a base, a pencil as a vertical component and four half spheres on a horizonal top piece
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Anemometer Energy!

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Engineering Design
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LASER i3 in Houston

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Curriculum

STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Grade 6
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Chemistry