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Dear Learning Lab Registered User,

Seeking fresh ways to bring STEAM into your classroom? In this email, you'll find new classroom-ready STEAM activities from across the Smithsonian to engage your students in topics including zoology, paleontology, aeronautics, ecosystems, chemistry, and more.

We hope you'll find these resources useful! 

Best wishes,
The Smithsonian Learning Lab Team
 

ENGAGE STUDENTS

STEAM TEACHING TOOLS

The following collections model techniques and provide classroom-ready resources for teaching STEAM with a variety of topics.

EARLY LEARNERS

HOMEBUILTButton that says Explore Now
AIRPLANES 
Illustration of children flying in a homemade airplane

SEEDButton that says Explore Now
DISPERSAL 
Photograph of children around a tree acting out the process of seeds falling from the tree

ART CONNECTIONS

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AND CHEMISTRY 
Silver, gold, and copper woven choker necklace

Button that says Explore NowECOSYSTEMS
AND FOOD WEBS 
Painting of hundreds of birds flying in front of a tree-crowded body of water

ANIMAL ADAPTATION & MIGRATION

Button that says Explore NowANIMAL
ADAPTATIONS 
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine standing on a branch

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SHARKS MOVE
Photograph of scientists inspecting a dusky shark

FOSSIL EXPLORATION

Button that says Explore NowLIFE IN THE LATE
CRETACEOUS
Multiple Late Cretaceous fossils

Button that says Explore NowFOSSIL
AMMONOIDS
Photograph of Paleobiologist Lucy Chang talking with Smithsonian Science How webinar hosts

UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

USING REAL DATA IN YOUR CLASSROOM

Helping students develop data literacy is vital to building strong STEM skills, but it can be intimidating for teachers to learn how to find and incorporate data sets into their classrooms. Next month, join the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and learn transferrable teaching skills, discover techniques to find locally-relevant data sets, and leave with classroom-ready activities for your students.

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4–5 PM, ET
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center volunteers conducting nearshore sampling

PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

MICHELLE KNOVIC SMITH EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP

Do you know an undergraduate or graduate student who is interested in education, technology, and museums? Encourage them to apply for a new summer internship at the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology! 

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