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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

Animal Studies–Science Vocabulary

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

Elementary Weather Lesson

Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

Teacher Tips: Weather

Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

Organisms– Literacy Integration

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