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Night sky with silhouettes of trees with a bright green streak in the sky
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
A blue globe with text that says NSF a ring of gold spikes around the globe.
Curriculum

Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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Earth & Space Science
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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Cover of the grade 1 earth and space science teacher's guide
Curriculum

How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Grade 1
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
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of Earth with one yellow elliptical orbit
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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Earth & Space 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.
Curriculum

A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Logo that says Ladies of Landsat with a rendering of a landsat satelight
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Ladies of Landsat

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Earth & Space Science
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
A black pixilated backgorund with outlines of the continents with white text that says STEM activities.
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Space Force STEM Activities

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Earth & Space Science
Glider Guide Title Screen
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Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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Rainy Day Fabrics

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Earth & Space Science
Sunrise over Earth from space
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An Introduction to Space Weather and the Space Weather Prediction Center

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Earth & Space Science
Image of 3D printed Smithsonian Castle and pan
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
Line art illustration of observatory with text that says NOAO underneath it
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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Earth & Space Science
Satellite image of water and land on earth with text that says Earth as art
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Earth As Art

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Earth & Space Science
A yellow book cover with images in circles. The images are of a solar panel electric stove burner and lightbulb.
Curriculum

How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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Earth & Space Science
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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
Man in a white coat in front of a large round piece of meatal with text saying Adam Biskner mechanical engineer
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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Earth & Space Science
A bee with a space helmet riding a rocket with a black background
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USDA Forest Service Module

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Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate

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Earth & Space Science
Woman soldier shaking hands with a student
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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
White rectangle with blue text that says Space Dynamics Laboratory Utah State University
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Space Dynamics Lab STEM K-12

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Earth & Space Science
Cover of grade 2 physical science teacher's guide
Curriculum

How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
NSF logo of blue globe surrounded by yellow spikes and text that says NSF
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
An illustrated image of a living room with a couch and a tv and white wave lines going across the image in all directions
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NASA - Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Earth & Space Science
Image of 3D printed camera trap
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Wilderness Watch!

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Engineering Design
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
Telescope observatory at night.
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U.S. Space Force: Make History :30 Commercial

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Earth & Space Science