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Mission to the Moon Model Cover Image
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Mission to the Moon Model

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Education
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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Webcast

Zero Barriers in STEM Education Summit: Keynote Address & Closing Remarks

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

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Education
Sustainability
cover of Smihsonian Science for Global Goals Energy guide with solar panels, plants, wind turbines, and power lines.
Curriculum

Energy! How can we ensure sustainable energy for all?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
eBook

Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Cover of the grade 4 life science teacher guide with the title how can animals use their senses to communicate and images of fireflies, birds and eyes
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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools

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Education
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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Education
A bee with a space helmet riding a rocket with a black background
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USDA Forest Service Module

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
An artistic rendering of a spacecraft with grey body and solar panels.
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Spacecraft Subsystems

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Earth & Space Science
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
Artistic line art rendering of a satellite with green gas coming out of it.
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Space Environment

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Earth & Space Science
A microscopic image of DNA helix with text that says Women in STEM: Biotechnology Smithsonian Science Education Center
eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

Image of the Martian surface of reddish dust and rock and the rover on the right hand side.
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Destination Deep Space

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Earth & Space Science
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Preparing young minds

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Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
Video

Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Illustrated Earth in space with two orbit circle around it
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Orbital Mechanics

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Earth & Space Science
A dark blue circle with a yellow telescope and planet with orange text that says science research mentoring program
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Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Engineering Batteries Cover Image
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Engineering Batteries

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Grade 8