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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
Game

Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
Webcast

Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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Education
Sustainability
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Education
An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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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
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STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Organisms

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Students working at computers
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Aerospace Corporation Careers

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Earth & Space 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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Engineering Circuits activity cover
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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
Curriculum

STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Increases in student achivement

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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Education
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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
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom with yellow background and 12 images in circles with tiger stripes, insect, fossil, and animal crossing sign.
Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
A line art illustration of a person reaching for a yellow star with text that says Soaring beyond expectations
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21st CCLC Summer Symposium Plenary, "Girls in STEM" featuring NASA women.

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Earth & Space Science
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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Yuck! That Tastes Terrible Cover Image
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
Curriculum

What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

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Life Science
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
Curriculum

How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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