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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Be An Explorer!

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Remote Sensing Classroom

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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate–Lesson 9: Ocean Currents-Using the Demo Box

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Earth As Art

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Department of Energy STEM Opportunities and Resources

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Shrinking Sutures

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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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