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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Penguin Protection

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Grade 1
Life Science
The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Podcast: Ticket to Space

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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Life Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
A white rectangle with blue text that says in Spanish Hispanos de la NASA.
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Hispanos de la NASA

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A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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Earth & Space Science
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Students can’t wait for science!

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Impact of Professional Development for Science Teachers

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Education
Astronaut in the Space Station looking out a window down onto Earth.
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Space Junk Around Earth

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

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Sustainability
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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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Sunrise over Earth from space
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An Introduction to Space Weather and the Space Weather Prediction Center

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Large hadron collider
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Magnetism - Defending Our Planet, Defining The Cosmos

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Earth & Space Science
The Environmental Justice Guide cover with a fist of blue sky and green grass in the foreground of a gray polluted scene.
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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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High School
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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High School
Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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The green cover of the kindergarten life science teachers guide
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What Do Plants And Animals Need To Live?

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Sustainability
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U.S. Space Force Supra Coder Program

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Earth & Space Science