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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Student Notebooking– Tools: Using a Lab Report Writing Wheel

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Education
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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Chemical Reactions in Action

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Chemistry
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Spin Cycle: Training for High G Flying

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Curriculum

Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Anyone with a question can have a stem2d career poster with illustrations of people in STEM careers
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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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Education
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Music Time

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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Earth & Space Science
Satellite image of the Milky Way galaxy
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Milky Way Explorer

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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NASA STEM Engagement

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Exploring Planetary Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Resource

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals PowerPoint

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Education
How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
Curriculum

How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

Menu screen of aquation with 5 icons of water bottle, bucket, hose, canteen and watering can
Game

Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
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WOW! In the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
Illustration of cubesat satellite with grey hexagonal body and blue solar panel wings
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Build a CubeSat!

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Earth & Space Science