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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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Education
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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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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools

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Education
A group of students around s model of the Martian surface.
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DoD STARBASE

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Earth & Space Science
Image of the cover for Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Food! How do we ensure good nutrition for all?
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Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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360 Photos

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Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Curriculum

STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Grade 5
Sustainability
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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Artist rendering of a red dwarf planet with one moon in front of it and one behind
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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Inquiry science is vital

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Video

STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson Cover Image
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Sunlight on the National Mall

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Grade 1
Earth & Space Science