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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
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Teaching with Telescopes

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Earth & Space Science
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Title screen for the educational life science game, Morphy.
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Morphy

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
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Dressed to Protect

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NASA's Women in STEM

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
Sustainability
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Whale Protection Corps

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Life Science
Sustainability
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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Simulating Sutures

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Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's Laws

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Earth & Space Science
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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Education
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Transforming Science Education

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A view of the night sky in gamma rays so it shows bright green with a small bit of red yellow and blue.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY MATERIALS BASED ON THEIR PROPERTIES?

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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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STC Assessment Guide: Microworlds

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Magnets and Motors, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Glider Guide Title Screen
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Glider Guide

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science