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How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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

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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Physical Science
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STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Physical Science
Image of the Martian surface of reddish dust and rock and the rover on the right hand side.
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Destination Deep Space

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Department of Education Learning with NASA is Out of this World

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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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The nose of a two propeller plane.
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NASA's Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

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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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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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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Engineering Design
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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Soils– Lesson 6: How Quickly Do Soils Settle in Water?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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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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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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Kindergarten
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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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