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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Impacting student learning

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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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
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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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NOAA Satellite and Information Service Infographics

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Physical Science
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Women in Aviation and Space History

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Fired Up About Energy

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JAYO - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Exclusive: Get An Inside Look At The US Space Force

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Space Mission Operations

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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Space Junk Around Earth

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Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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Water Works

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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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U.S. Space Force Commercial: Space Is Hard

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Stories of Women in STEM: Energy

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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NASA's Women in STEM

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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