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Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science
How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?
Curriculum

How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?

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Grade 1
Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Magnets and Motors, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Impact of Professional Development for Science Teachers

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Education
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Weather Lab

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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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Chemical Reactions in Action

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Chemistry
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Un Problema De Peso

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Grade 5
Physical Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Denver Public Schools

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Education
A gallery of images with a boy looking through eclipse glasses a woman at a computer, two men in a reciprocal bike, a man with a model plane, and a logo with Saturn, a lightbulb, an astronaut, and a plane with text that says Inspire Engage Educated Employ the next generation of explorers.
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Exploring Careers @ NASA for Students

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Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
Game

Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Curriculum

STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Resource

Filter Fun!

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Engineering Design
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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Grade 4 earth and space science teachers guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Stay Safe On A Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Earth & Space Science
Video

Explore Smithsonian: How do Orchids Attract Pollinators?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Video

Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
A satellite with grey body and blue solar panels orbiting Earth.
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
Large hadron collider
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Magnetism - Defending Our Planet, Defining The Cosmos

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Video

“The kids learn from each other!”

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Curriculum

STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Video

STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Curriculum

STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Engineering Circuits activity cover
Resource

Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Game

Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
Man with brown hair looking into camera with a bookshelf behind him.
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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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Earth & Space Science
A collage of images from left to right: a world map, a coral reef, a metal sculpture of a teacher talking to a student, a dock on a lake, and a world map
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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability