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Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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

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IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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Weather Widget

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Fired Up About Energy

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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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STC Planners

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Attack the Knack

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Gravity

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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Earth Observation Case Study: Using Landsat to Map Agricultural Yields and Irrigation

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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Case Statement

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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Shrinking Sutures

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LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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JAYO - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Trait Tracker

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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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