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Air and Space Anywhere
Astronomy1st - High School | Website
Visit Air and Space from wherever you are! Explore our collection, online activities, virtual tours, and educational resources.
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Animals (Zoology)7th - College | Book
Unrivaled in its breadth and visual impact, this unique guide sets out to illustrate, describe, and explain the incredible range of creatures that make up the animal kingdom. Exceptional Coverage....
Engineering Circuits
Electrical Engineering1st - High School | Website
This activity introduces students to electric circuits through a number of hands-on activities utilizing copper tape, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and other basic components. A number of concepts...
Forces of Flight | How Things Fly
Aeronautics3rd - College | Website
Learn the physics that allow humans to fly! Create your own paper airplane, check out the rocket lab, learn how wings work, and more.
Looking at the Moon
AstronomyKindergarten - 4th | Website
Having conversations with young children contributes to their thinking and language development. All conversations are good, but research shows that the quality of words children hear matters more...
Ocean Biodiversity - Discovering Marine Invertebrates
Marine Biology3rd - 6th | Website
This Smithsonian Science How learning collection, from Q?rius at the National Museum of Natural History, is part of a distance learning program at http://qrius.si.edu/explore-science/webcast This...
Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition
Nutrition4th - 8th | Website
Travel around the world with Plato to learn about building healthy meals. Eat avocado toast in Australia, baobab fruit in Benin, and sautéed reindeer in Finland! Yum! Pick your favorite plates for...
Smithsonian's History Explorer
US HistoryKindergarten - High School | Online resource
Smithsonian’s History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for...