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Glider Guide

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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Beats and Banjos

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Physical Science
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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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

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Education
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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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STC Literacy Series™: Sound

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

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Teacher Tips: Weather

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

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Morphy

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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High School
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2-Body Equation of Motion

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Gravity

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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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U.S. Space Force Commercial: Space Is Hard

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