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NASA eClips: Careers at NASA - More than just astronauts

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Life-saving warning': How Space Force detected missile launch

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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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“The kids learn from each other!”

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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

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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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STC Literacy Series™: Soils

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Climate Resilience!

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

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Home on the Range

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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Milky Way Explorer

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Promising Practices for Online Learning

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STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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Why Invest in STEM?

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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