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NIST logo in black
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Solids and Liquids

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Webcast

Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
Game

Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical 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
Curriculum

How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
Mini Golf Motion Title
Game

Mini Golf Motion

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

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

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Education
Video

Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Video

Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a Navajo woman with short brown hair and embroidered blouse and the Navajo Nation flag.
Resource

Earth Observation User Case: Speaking a New Language of Landsat (Ladies of Landsat)

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Earth & Space Science
Blue satellite pointing down on Earth from orbit
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Argos Education

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
A blue tone image of the Smithsonian castle with text that says Stories of women in STEM at the Smithsonian
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
A square with a rocket launch in the bottom right corner text saying Ticket to Space in the top right corner and text saying the Air Up There in the bottom left corner.
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Podcast: Ticket to Space

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? Teacher Guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Preview of the Smithsonian Science Education Centers info graphic on transforming science education
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Transforming Science Education

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Black and white line art of a child in a hooded sweatshirt.
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Be An Explorer!

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Video

Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module
Resource

Don't Call Me Extinct Podcasting Module

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Life Science
Sustainability
Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
A lighthouse between two palm trees
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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Title screen for the interactive e-Book, Expedition: Insects
eBook

Expedition: Insects

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science