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the cover of the Biotechnology guide with a blue DNA helix and text saying Smithsonian Science for Global Goals and Biotechnology.
Curriculum

Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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
Video

Students can’t wait for science!

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Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Video

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
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
Video

Terita Norton, Electrical Engineer and Systems Director - STEM Literacy Project

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Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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STC Assessment Guide: Floating and Sinking

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Artist rendering of a red dwarf planet with one moon in front of it and one behind
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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom Grade 3 Life Science Cover
Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
A blue tone image of the Smithsonian castle with text that says Stories of women in STEM at the Smithsonian
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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
Cover of Simulating Sutures activity
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Simulating Sutures

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Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

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Earth & Space Science
yellow cover of How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?
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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
An illustration of a computer screen with images of construction on it
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Collège les Colliberts Group 3 Capstone Video

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How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
Man looking at camera with bookshelf behind him.
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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Organisms

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Video

Smithsonian literacy materials

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Video

Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Make it Rain!

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Education
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Forces and Motion Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
Cover for Changing Habitats
eBook

Changing Habitats

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Earth & Space Science