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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Grade 5
Life Science
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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Whale logo with WPC below, a welcome message, a yellow button that says dive in
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Whale Protection Corps

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Grade 2
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Grade 4
Life Science
Sustainability
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Grade 1
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Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Increases in student achivement

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Student Notebooking– Add an Envelope

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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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STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Kenny Harris, Senior Project Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Round seal with a bald eagle in the middle, e pluribus unum on paper in its beak, olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other, vertical depiction of the US flag on its body and a globe behind it. There is a ring of stars around the eagle and globe and then a circle of text that says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence United States of America.
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
Yellow cover of grade 3 engineering teachers guide How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
An illustration of a coffee mug with a spoon in it and text that says teen astronomy cafe
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Teen Astronomy Cafe

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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Smithsonian literacy materials

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Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Plants and Animals Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Hands-on science and non-English speakers

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A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Earth & Space Science
Image of a woman Erin Pettyjohn physicist
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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Food Chemistry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5