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Sustainable Communities
Curriculum

Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Education
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Education
Illustration of the earth from space and a orbit around it.
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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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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
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Experiments with Plants, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program

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Earth & Space Science
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Teacher Tips: Weather

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Magnet Motion Cover
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Magnet Motion

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Cover of Biotechnology guide with blue DNA double helix
Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Exploring Planetary Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
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Literacy Tool Use as an Integral Feature of Students’ “Science ing”

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Education
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“The kids learn from each other!”

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NASA eClips: Careers at NASA - More than just astronauts

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Two-Use Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Lime green rectangle with a man on the right looking at an inset image of a neutron star which looks pink with rings of red surrounding it.
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Man with brown hair looking into camera with a bookshelf behind him.
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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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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Operations in the NAS

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Working in groups

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education