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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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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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STC Planners

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Plants and Animals Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
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Commercial Space Data

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Forces and Motion Two-Use Unit Kit

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Kindergarten
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App

Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

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Education
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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Education
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Weather Widget

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Education
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App

Weather Lab

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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Video

Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
Video

Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Introduction to Moon Trees

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Earth & Space Science
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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Video

Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
Video

Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Game

Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Life Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Resource

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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An Integrated Approach to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) in STEM

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