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Increases in student achivement

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Exploring Careers @ NASA for Students

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Earth & Space Science
What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
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21st CCLC Summer Symposium Plenary, "Girls in STEM" featuring NASA women.

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Kindergarten
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Virtual Sungazing

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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Education
Sustainability
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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Physical Science
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Sunlight on the National Mall

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Grade 6
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High School
Life Science
Sustainability
What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
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Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
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Grade 8
Education
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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“The kids learn from each other!”

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Impact of Professional Development for Science Teachers

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360 Photos

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
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How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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

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Earth & Space Science