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Teaching with Telescopes

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Physical Science
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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Physical Science
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Earth Observation User Case: Speaking a New Language of Landsat (Ladies of Landsat)

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Destination Deep Space

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Earth & Space Science
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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 7: Hurricanes- Destructive Storms

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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Life Science
Sustainability
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Engineering Design
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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Storm Smart

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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STC Assessment Guide: Changes

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Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

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Sugar Simulation

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Physical Science
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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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Physical Science
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Gravity

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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360 Photos

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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Magnet Motion

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