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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Illustration of a rocket launch with text saying Go For Launch FAA.gov/space
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
Satellite image of the Milky Way galaxy
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Milky Way Explorer

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Cover of Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer
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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Physical Science
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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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Working in groups

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Storm Smart title screen, showing the title (Storm Smart), the play button, the credits button, and links to the Smithsonian Institution Privacy Statement and Smithsonian Kids Online Privacy Statement
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Grade 7
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Education
The green cover of the kindergarten life science teachers guide
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What Do Plants And Animals Need To Live?

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Life Science
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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Inquiry science is vital

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Earth & Space Science
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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Physical Science
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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Physical Science
A satellite image of clouds over the United States
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Man looking at camera with bookshelf behind him.
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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
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Nuclear Frontiers

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STC Program: Microworlds Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Life Science