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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Collège les Colliberts Group 2 Capstone Video

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i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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This is not space camp': Watch how recruits train for US Space Force

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Live from NOIRLab

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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DoD STARBASE

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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Remote Sensing Classroom

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Operations in the NAS

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STC Assessment Guide: Animal Studies

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Department of Agriculture Moon Tree Scientists

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STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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