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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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

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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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Cover image for STEM Leadership Alliance 2020 presentation
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An Integrated Approach to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) in STEM

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Image of 3D printed guitar
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
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USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Man on left of screen with a computer screen behind him.
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Cells In Space: Helping Astronauts and Injured Soldiers

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Studying the Development and Reproduction of Organisms

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education
Students working at computers
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Aerospace Corporation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Planners

Image of the cover of Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
A blue sky with a rocket launching vertically with white smoke beneath it
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Earth & Space Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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
A satellite with grey body and blue solar panels orbiting Earth.
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
Illustrated Earth in bottom left with images of the landsat satellites orbiting and the title Ladies of Landsat Power of the Pixel.
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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Earth & Space Science
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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STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
Curriculum

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

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability