Explore our Curriculum & Resources

The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

Filed Under
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
Resource

Build and use a simple spectroscope

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
The nose of a two propeller plane.
Resource

NASA's Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
Resource

How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

Filed Under
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Denver Public Schools
Resource

LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Denver Public Schools

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
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
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
A light blue rectangle with a white jet on the left and white text that says national air and space museum Smithsonian on the right
Resource

Women in Aviation and Space History

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
Resource

America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

This is a free resource
Curriculum

STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? Teacher Guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

Filed Under
Grade 1
Physical Science
Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Image of 3D printed Smithsonian Castle and pan
Resource

Channel Challenge!

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
Curriculum

How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

Filed Under
Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
Video

Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

This is a free resource
Cover of the grade 1 earth and space science teacher's guide
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
Video

LASER i3 in North Carolina

This is a free resource
Filed Under
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

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

STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

Filed Under
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Video

Increases in student achivement

This is a free resource
Video

Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

Filed Under
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Education
A classroom of children with their hands raised looking at the teacher
Resource

NOAA Educator Opportunities

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Video

Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Johannes Kepler
Resource

Kepler's Laws

This is a free resource
Filed Under
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

Filed Under
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science