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Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
Resource

Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Cover of the Grade 5 Earth science teacher guide cover
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
App

Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering title screen
Game

Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Cover of Un problema de peso with photos of backpacks
Curriculum

Un Problema De Peso

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Resource

Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Main screen for the educational earth science app, Weather Lab
App

Weather Lab

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
Curriculum

How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Mini Golf Motion Title
Game

Mini Golf Motion

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Cover for Water Works
eBook

Water Works

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Photo of a beam of light coming from a flashlight
Resource

How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Purple teachers guide cover of kindergarten earth and space science
Curriculum

How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Sugar Simulation screenshot
App

Sugar Simulation

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Grade 5
Physical 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
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Tami's Tower Title Screen
Game

Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingenierĂ­a

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
yellow cover of How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?
Curriculum

How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
A lighthouse between two palm trees
Resource

How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
Blue teachers guide cover of kindergarten physical science
Curriculum

How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science