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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? Teacher Guide cover
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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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Earth & Space Science
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Beekeeper Presentation featuring Ren Ramsey

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Life Science
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National Air and Space Museum Educator Resources

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LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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Education
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Penguin Protection

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Grade 1
Life Science
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"The staff love the PD"

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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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Educating for Sustainable Development: Perspectives of U.S. and Global Educators Report

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Sustainability
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Rainforest Protector

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Life Science
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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Cells In Space: Helping Astronauts and Injured Soldiers

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Earth & Space Science
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Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Careers

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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LASER i3 in NC

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Education
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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Earth & Space Science
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Earth & Space Science
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Student Notebooking– Add an Envelope

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Education
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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Earth & Space Science