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Dressed to Protect

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Food Chain Fix

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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Will Santos, Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Destination Deep Space

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

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Orbit Types

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Life Science
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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Life Science
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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Chemistry
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 3: Learning More About Caterpillars

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Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

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Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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STC Program: Rocks and Minerals, 3rd Edition

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Space Weather

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Physical Science
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LASER i3 in New Mexico

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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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STC Literacy Series™: Weather

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Physical Science
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U.S. Space Force: Make History :30 Commercial

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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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

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Kindergarten