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How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Education
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Attack the Knack

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Education
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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Education
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Chemical Reactions in Action

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Chemistry
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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Make it Rain!

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Education
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
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Enric Sala - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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LASER i3 in New Mexico

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Education
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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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
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LASER i3 in Houston

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Education
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
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Why Invest in STEM?

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Education
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Falling 101

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Physical Science
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Game

Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Impact of Professional Development for Science Teachers

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Education
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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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Education
Title of the Includes sourcebook with the Smithsonian Science Education Center, NSF, and Howard University logos
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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Education
eBook

Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Laser i3 in Action

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Education
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Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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Education
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LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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Education
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education
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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Fired Up About Energy

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Physical Science