Explore our Curriculum & Resources

Video

Smithsonian literacy materials

This is a free resource
A yellow book cover with images in circles. The images are of a solar panel electric stove burner and lightbulb.
Curriculum

How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

Filed Under
Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
yellow cover of How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?
Curriculum

How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

Filed Under
Grade 5
Engineering Design
Screenshot of info graphic on Digital Initiatives in STEM Education
Resource

Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

This is a free resource
An artist rendering of a rocket leaving Earth
Resource

Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
microscopic image of a cell
Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Map of the moon with text that says astrogeology planets and moons.
Resource

Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

This is a free resource
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring Respiration and Circulation

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
Video

Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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

Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Resource

Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Cover for Changing Habitats
eBook

Changing Habitats

Filed Under
Grade 3
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Lime green rectangle with a man on the right looking at an inset image of a neutron star which looks pink with rings of red surrounding it.
Resource

Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

This is a free resource
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

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report Cover
Resource

National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Video

COSIP.TV: ¡COVID-19! ¿Cómo puedo protegerme a mí mismo y a los demás?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Curriculum

STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Enric Sala - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Yuck! That Tastes Terrible Cover Image
Resource

Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Webcast

Developing User Confidence & Engagement with New Technologies

This is a free resource
Video

What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Resource

Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
A screen shot of a CNN video with of a command rom with mand standing in the center, two screens behind him, and a title at the bottom that say inside look at U.S. space force.
Resource

Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Photo of a beam of light coming from a flashlight
Resource

How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science