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STCMS™: Structure and Function

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Physical Science
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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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Diverse Stories of Resilience: The Power of Community

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Morphy

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Fired Up About Energy

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Kepler's Laws

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Air Force Legacy

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Transforming Science Education

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Simulating Sutures

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Promising Practices for Online Learning

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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Life Science
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Gravity

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Air Force Civilian Careers

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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