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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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Life Science
Sustainability
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Building and Maintaining Successful Professional Learning Communities: A Toolkit for Evolving Emergent, Transdisciplinary Communities of Practice

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English
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Education
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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Life Science
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Habitats

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Life Science
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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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High School
Life Science
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Styling Sun Safety

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
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Showbiz Safari

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Grade 1
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Life Science
Sustainability
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Wilderness Watch!

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Engineering Design
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Smithsonian Science for North and South Carolina Classrooms Executive Summary

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Education
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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

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Sustainability
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 4
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Engineering Design
Sustainability
Cover of the Keep it Balanced activity with an illustration of the endocrine system and a hand holding cards that say blood sugar increases and blood sugar decreases
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Keep it Balanced

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Life Science
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Light Up the Cave

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Grade 6
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High School
Life Science
Sustainability
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Cool to Carry

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Four colorful illustrations arranged in a grid pattern showing students of all abilities engaging in STEM activities. On the top left, three students, one in a wheelchair, and another on a online platform engage in a virtual lesson. On the top right, two students, one with a prosthetic leg are standing, working together on a science experiment. On the bottom left, a girl wearing a cochlear implant raises her fist confidently in front of a map. On the bottom right, 4 students stand around a table working on
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Zero Barriers Sourcebook

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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Education
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Home on the Range

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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English
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Grade 5
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Earth & Space Science
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Simulating Sutures

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Mission to the Moon Model

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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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Weather Widget

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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Weather Lab

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Life Science
The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science