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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Education
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STC Planners

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Curriculum

How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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“The kids learn from each other!”

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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

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Grade 3
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An artist rendering of a rocket leaving Earth
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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Earth & Space Science
Composite image of stars from the Chandra X-ray Telescope
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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Education
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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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Curriculum

Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Changes

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Grade 6
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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Grade 4
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Grade 6
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Sustainability
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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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Studying Soils: Claims and Evidence

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Earth & Space Science
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2-Body Equation of Motion

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Earth & Space Science
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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
Webcast

Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Education
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Space Weather

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Physical Science
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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Digestion and Motion

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Grade 6
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Grade 8
Life Science
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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Kindergarten
Physical Science