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The yellow cover of the grade 1 engineering teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
Man in a white coat in front of a large round piece of meatal with text saying Adam Biskner mechanical engineer
Resource

Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
A lighthouse between two palm trees
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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Video

Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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Webcast

Promising Practices for Online Learning

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Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
Webcast

Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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Education
Sustainability
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Curriculum

STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Webcast

Developing User Confidence & Engagement with New Technologies

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A bee with a space helmet riding a rocket with a black background
Resource

USDA Forest Service Module

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Earth & Space Science
A black rectangle with a man on the left side and in illustration of an array of hexagonal gold mirrors and text saying Webb Space Telescope.
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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
Curriculum

How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

Cover of the Cool to Cary activity with three different designed cups.
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Cool to Carry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
Game

Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Cover of Biodiversity guide with a photo of a coral reef and shoreling
Curriculum

Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Be Mosquito Smart: Know the Enemy Cover Image
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Be Mosquito Smart: Know the Enemy

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
An artist rendering of a rocket leaving Earth
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

“I love the training!”

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Yellow, orange and black image of the sun with solar flares
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Education