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A satellite with grey body and blue solar panels orbiting Earth.
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Earth & Space Science
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Exclusive: Get An Inside Look At The US Space Force

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

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Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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Home on the Range

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
A green and white square with text that says Eyes on Earth with a microphone.
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United States Geological Survey's Eyes on Earth Podcast

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Sustainability
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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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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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Sustainability
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Illustration of the earth from space and a orbit around it.
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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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NASA's Women in STEM

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A white square with six cards spread out wtih images of a telescope, the sun, and arura as well as a student data sheet.
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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Title screen for the educational earth science game, Disaster Detector.
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Disaster Detector

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
An orangutan hangs from a tree in a moderately dense forest
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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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Life Science
Sustainability
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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Illustration of the Earth and a satellite with an arrow showing gravity pulling toward the Earth.
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Gravity

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A satellite in space with the Earth reflecting in its solar panel
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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Earth & Space Science
A blue sky with a white rocket launching
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Air Force Civilian Careers

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Earth & Space Science
Photo of a room of students with a model Earth suspended above them and text that says Science on a Sphere
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
A satellite image of clouds over the United States
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Earth & Space Science
A desert habitat in Habitats
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Habitats

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Grade 3
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Life Science
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Earth Observation User Case: Using Landsat to Connect Space to Village

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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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Grade 5
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Life Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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Life Science