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Space Career Resource Guide

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"Science is fun, active, and hands-on."

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Time: It’s Like, So Deep

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Education
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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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Inquiry science is the foundation

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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
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
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"The training is fantastic!"

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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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Weather Widget

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STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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STC Program: Properties of Matter Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education
Curriculum

STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Water Works

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
Sustainability
Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
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Virtual Sungazing

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Falling 101

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Physical Science
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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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“I love the training!”

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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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Earth & Space Science
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Penguin Protection

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Grade 1
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
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Chemical Reactions in Action

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Chemistry
Spirit of St. Louis
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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science