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NOAA Educator Opportunities

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Time: It’s Like, So Deep

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Education
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Cells In Space: Helping Astronauts and Injured Soldiers

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Earth & Space Science
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Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Space Career Resource Guide

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Webcast

How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Education
Title screen for the interactive e-Book, Expedition: Insects
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Expedition: Insects

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
Sustainability
Artist rendering of a red dwarf planet with one moon in front of it and one behind
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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Earth & Space Science
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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FAA : Commercial Space 101

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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Education
What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
Curriculum

What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
Grade 4 earth and space science teachers guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Safe On A Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Earth & Space Science
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
A light blue rectangle with a white jet on the left and white text that says national air and space museum Smithsonian on the right
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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of the grade 4 physical science teachers guide
Curriculum

How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
Image of Earth from space with text that says lava flows
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EROS Image of the Week

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Earth & Space Science
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Planners

Cover of the Grade 5 Earth science teacher guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Photo of a room of students with a model Earth suspended above them and text that says Science on a Sphere
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability