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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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Studying Soils: Claims and Evidence

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Lycée Vaucanson and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Team

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Engineering Circuits

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A close up view of the James Webb Space Telescope's gold hexoganal primary mirror.
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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Food Chain Fix

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JAYO - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Join the U.S. Space Force

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Terita Norton, Electrical Engineer and Systems Director - STEM Literacy Project

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Introduction to Moon Trees

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Transforming Science Education

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Increases in student achivement

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Physical Science
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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science