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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Magic in Your Mailbox: Learning from Letters and Other Mail (1993)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: No subjects selected.Online issue commemorating the opening of the National Postal Museum. In lesson plans, students evaluate and analyze letters, as...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Memorials: Art for Remembering (1995)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: History-Social ScienceLesson plan exploring the ways that people have been honored with memorials. Students create their own memorial after examining ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLatino Patriots in American Military History
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Curriculum tracing the history of Latino military heroes from the American War of Independence to the Vietnam War. Includes less...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGrizzly Survival
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesInterdisciplinary lesson looking at the Grizzly bear of North America. Provides historical context, from Lewis and Clark's descr...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentWeb of Life
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceLesson plan constructing a food web to learn how all living things in an ecosystem are interconnected. Includes student role pla...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Farming in Nature’s Image
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Botany and Plant Science, Environmental Issues, Life Sciences, ScienceUses a case study of a farmer using practices that work with nature. Focuses on profitable agricultural practices that also are ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu (1984)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Online issue encouraging educators and students to embrace diversity in cultural heritage. Includes instructions on how to put o...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Kawésqar Community Education Guide (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Geography, Native Peoples, United States History, History-Social ScienceTeacher's guide on the Kawesgar people of South America. Discusses oral history, how geography shaped Kawesqar culture, the imp...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: “Hello, America!” Radio Broadcasting in the Years Before Television (1986)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceLesson plan that introduces the Golden Age of Radio. Students write and produce their own radio shows and perform them for the c...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Creating a Classroom Exhibit
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: No subjects selected.This special issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom describes the basic components of a classroom museum exhibit, using as a mod...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReflections on Earth: Biodiversity and Remote Sensing Teacher Guide
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Human Space Exploration, Technology, ScienceTeacher’s guide featuring lessons for interpreting satellite images and field studies. Instructs students on how to monitor for...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Airmail to Airlines
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Human Space Exploration, United States History, Technology, History-Social Science, ScienceTeacher’s guide featuring classroom activities that explore changes in air transportation from 1920 to the present. Designed to...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican American Pioneers in Aviation Teacher Guide
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Human Space Exploration, United States History, Technology, History-Social Science, ScienceTeacher's guide designed for use on its own or as part of a museum visit includes activities that focus on the challenges and su...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeasurement via Triangulation
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Human Space Exploration, Mathematics, ScienceLesson plan that uses triangulation techniques to determine measurements, including the altitudes of objects. Includes printable...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Holding Out for A Hero and Exhilarating Exhibits
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Two lesson plans examining what makes a hero. Students discuss the concept then look at sports legend and humanitarian Roberto C...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Stamp Stories of Abraham Lincoln
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceAssessment activity that emphasizes visual learning through postage stamps—little pictorial windows into American history. Stude...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCosmic Voyage Teachers Guide
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Theatre, Human Space Exploration, ScienceActivities in this guide provide students with concrete experiences to help them understand measurements, scale and how scientis...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDestiny in Space
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Human Space Exploration, Botany and Plant Science, ScienceTeacher’s guide and teaching poster introduce the challenges of space exploration. Topics include muscle response to weightlessn...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCollecting Their Thoughts: Explaining How Things Work
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.In a writing activity, students watch a demonstration of how something works or how something is done. They observe carefully, ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian In Your Classroom: A Shape Note Singing Lesson (2000)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIssue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom detailing the history and mechanics of shape-note singing, a tradition with roots in the ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0