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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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¡Comunidades Sostenibles! ¿Cómo contribuiremos al progreso de nuestra comunidad?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Education
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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
Teacher Toolkit for sustainable Futures
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Futures! Curriculum Toolkit Resource Site

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Impacting student learning

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Lisa Sedares, Project Leader JPSS Flight and Ground Projects - STEM Literacy Project

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Make it Rain!

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Education
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Earth & Space Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Earth & Space Science
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Weather Lab

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Earth & Space Science
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Lycée Sainte Marie Bastide Capstone Video

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Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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Student Notebooking– Add an Envelope

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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Grade 3
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What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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Kepler's Laws

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Earth & Space Science