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Exploring Careers @ NASA for Students

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 5
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
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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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Habitats

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Grade 3
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Grade 6
Life Science
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

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

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Grade 6
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Life Science
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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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High School
Sustainability
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Collège les Colliberts Group 3 Capstone Video

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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Earth & Space Science
Earth from space
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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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Earth & Space Science
How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?

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Grade 1
Life Science
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Hands-on science and non-English speakers

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Magnets and Motors Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Earth & Space Science
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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Education
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
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