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Man standing at a desk giving a lecture
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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Text saying Air Force STEM k-12 with an illustrated eagle
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Air Force K-12 Activities

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Earth & Space Science
blue circle with red swoosh through it and NASA in white text with a white circle vertical around the a and s.
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NASA STEM Engagement

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Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
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
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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Hands-on science and non-English speakers

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Space Weather

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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
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
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Image the Fostering Change Playbook
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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Education
An illustrated image of a living room with a couch and a tv and white wave lines going across the image in all directions
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NASA - Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Earth & Space Science
Magnet Motion Cover
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Magnet Motion

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Styling Sun Safety activity cover
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Styling Sun Safety

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers Cover Image
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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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Grade 7
Grade 8
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion Cover Image
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Dr. Drew, Density, & Diffusion: Dr. Charles Richard Drew Giving Life Through Blood Research

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Preview of the Smithsonian Science Education Centers info graphic on transforming science education
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Transforming Science Education

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The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STEM Education for Social Good

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second Cover Image
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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8