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A desert habitat in Habitats
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Habitats

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Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Life Science
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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Engineering Design
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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Physical Science
A tall American Sycamore tree with green leaves
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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Physical Science
A close up view of the James Webb Space Telescope's gold hexoganal primary mirror.
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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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Department of Labor My Next Move - Explore Occupations

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Hands-on science and non-English speakers

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Engineering Design
A blue globe with text that says NSF a ring of gold spikes around the globe.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson Cover Image
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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Physical Science
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Increases in student achivement

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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NASA Career Categories and Descriptions

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Earth Observation User Case: Using Landsat to Connect Space to Village

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