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Light Up the Cave

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Life Science
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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Physical Science
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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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Earth & Space Science
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EROS Image of the Week

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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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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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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Kindergarten
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Education
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STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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Food Chain Fix

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Destination Deep Space

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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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Transforming Science Education

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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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

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Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Microworlds

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Grade 3
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Soils– Materials Distribution: Roles and Responsibilities

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Kindergarten
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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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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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STC Program: Rocks and Minerals, 3rd Edition

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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
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Keep it Balanced

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Grade 5
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Life Science
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U.S. Space Force Supra Coder Program

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Earth & Space Science