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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Grade 3
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Earth & Space Science
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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Physical Science
Global Generations | The Global Classroom | November
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | November

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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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Curriculum

How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
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Curriculum

STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Webcast

Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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Education
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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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Education
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Kenny Harris, Senior Project Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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Earth & Space Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Sustainability
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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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Grade 1
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Curriculum

STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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“I love the training!”

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Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten