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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Light Up the Cave title screen
App

Light Up the Cave

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Grade 1
Physical 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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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Earth & Space Science
Earth from space
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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
The side of a building with lettering that says Chapman Training Complex and a news title across the bottom that says this is not space camp.
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This is not space camp': Watch how recruits train for US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
The Protecting Whales teacher guide cover with a collage of images showing a mother and baby humpback whale, a whale fluke in front of a military ship, a whale fluke, and a whale fluke in front of a cargo ship.
Curriculum

PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
Resource

Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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United States Geological Survey's Eyes on Earth Podcast

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring the World Set

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Kindergarten
Photo of the a large orange rocket on a launch pad at night with lights shining on it.
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Department of Education Learning with NASA is Out of this World

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Earth & Space Science
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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Artistic rendering of a satellite orbiting the moon.
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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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Earth & Space Science
An antacid bubbling as it is disolved in water
Curriculum

STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
App

Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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Video

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
Video

Elementary Weather Lesson

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
Cover for Build Your Own Stylus
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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Video

Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Resource

Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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Video

Inquiry science is vital

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A yellow cover of a grade 1 engineering teachers guide
Resource

How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
Virtual Sungazing paper cover with three illustrations one of a sunset, one midday sun, and one sunset.
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Virtual Sungazing

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