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Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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A screen shot of a video with a white play button. The screen shows aurora, the Sun, and a rocket launch.
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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Education
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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Physical Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Experiments with Plants, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
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Night sky with silhouettes of trees with a bright green streak in the sky
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Telescope observatory at night.
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U.S. Space Force: Make History :30 Commercial

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STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Secondary: Exploring Respiration and Circulation

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Life Science
Spirit of St. Louis
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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Physical 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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Man looking at camera with bookshelf behind him.
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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Changing Habitats

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Engineering Design
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Illustration of Earth with one yellow elliptical orbit
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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Physical Science
Cover of the Sustainable Communities Arabic guide
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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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Sustainability
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Life Science
Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers Cover Image
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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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An artist rendering of a rocket leaving Earth
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Life Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Illustrated Earth in space with two orbit circle around it
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Orbital Mechanics

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Illustration of the earth from space and a orbit around it.
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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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