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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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Attack the Knack

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Transforming Science Education

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe And Grow?

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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Glider Guide

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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Increases in student achivement

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Studying Soils: Claims and Evidence

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Milky Way Explorer

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