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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Opening Our Minds & Success in Conservation - Plenary 1 - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Will Santos, Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Life Science
Image of the yellow sun in the bottom right corner and text that says journey to the sun above and to the left of the sun
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Journey to the Sun

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Curriculum

STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate

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Earth & Space Science
Cover for Everyday Energy
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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Engineering Circuits activity cover
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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Spirit of St. Louis
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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson Cover Image
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Make it Rain!

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Education
Illustrated Earth in bottom left with images of the landsat satellites orbiting and the title Ladies of Landsat Power of the Pixel.
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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the grade 4 life science teacher guide with the title how can animals use their senses to communicate and images of fireflies, birds and eyes
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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life 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
What's the Code? activity cover
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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

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Earth & Space Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Organisms– Notebooking

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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High School
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Grade 6
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Life Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Curriculum

STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education