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Make it Rain!

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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

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PROTECTING WHALES

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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Classroom Resources

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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Space Law-What Laws are There in Space?

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

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Zero Barriers in STEM Education Summit: Keynote Address & Closing Remarks

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Live from NOIRLab

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Dressed to Protect

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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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NASA CONNECTS

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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