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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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English Learners in STEM: Language Log

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Education
Title screen of the educational physical science game, BumperDucks
Game

BumperDucks

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Large image of the Moon with a person in a chair looking at the image and a computer screen
Curriculum

National Geospatial -Intelligence Agency Mapping Moments: Lunar Module Simulator

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Earth & Space Science
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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
A microscopic image of DNA helix with text that says Women in STEM: Biotechnology Smithsonian Science Education Center
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
Resource

NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Front cover of the What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? teachers guide with flowers plants and bugs
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
Collage of illustrations of the Earth, the Sun, and satellites
Resource

NOAA Satellite and Information Service Infographics

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Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the education life science game, Showbiz Safari
Game

Showbiz Safari

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

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Earth & Space Science
Be Mosquito Smart: Know the Enemy Cover Image
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Be Mosquito Smart: Know the Enemy

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
the blue cover of grade 4 physical science teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science