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Image the Fostering Change Playbook
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report Cover
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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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Education
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STC Assessment Guide: Land and Water

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Grade 3
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Grade 6
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Life Science
Sustainability
Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
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
Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's Laws

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Earth & Space Science
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Students can’t wait for science!

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Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Yuck! That Tastes Terrible Cover Image
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Circular logo with a navy blue globe in the center and a ring of puzzle pieces around the globe. The puzzle pieces are all shades of blue and have white icons in them. The icons are a plant, telescope, rocket, robotic arm, book, flask, and shield with a satellite.
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Space Career Resource Guide

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Earth & Space Science
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Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Curriculum

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

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Kindergarten
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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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
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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
White rectangle with blue text that says Space Dynamics Laboratory Utah State University
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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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Earth & Space Science
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Space Force Recruiting Site

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Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5