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Space Environment

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Changes

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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STC Living Materials Order Sheet, Microworlds

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
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Collège les Colliberts Group 2 Capstone Video

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Curriculum

STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Increases in student achivement

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Sound– Notebooking

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Grade 1
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Grade 3
Grade 4
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Grade 4
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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Curriculum

STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Grade 1
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Grade 3
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition

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Grade 4
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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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How Can We Keep Land From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Student Notebooking– Tools: Using a Lab Report Writing Wheel

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Education
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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Transforming Science Education

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

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Life Science