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Focus on the Stuff

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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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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Match The Pitch!

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Kepler's Laws

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U.S. Space Force: Origins

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Virtual Sungazing

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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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NASA's Women in STEM

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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Student Notebooking– Keeping a Teacher Book

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Artemis I STEM Learning Pathway

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Forces and Motion Two-Use Unit Kit

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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
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