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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Virtual Sungazing

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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Student Notebooking– Table of Contents

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Education
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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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Earth & Space Science
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Collège les Colliberts Group 2 Capstone Video

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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Curriculum

Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impact on the atmosphere?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Shrinking Sutures

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Program

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Beats and Banjos

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Education
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Trait Tracker

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STC Literacy Series™: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Earth As Art

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Space Force STEM Activities

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

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Education
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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Curriculum

Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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Earth & Space Science