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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program

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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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

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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Program: Rocks and Minerals, 3rd Edition

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Journey to the Sun

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Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Increases in student achivement

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Changing Earth

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Physical Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Earth As Art

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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