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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Magnet Motion

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Image of the cover for Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Food! How do we ensure good nutrition for all?
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Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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USDA Forest Service Module

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LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Working in groups

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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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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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Rainforest Protector

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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Department of the Air Force SOAR Educational Videos

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Strategic Planning Institute 2013

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NOAA SciJinks: It’s All About the Weather

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Student Notebooking– Keeping a Teacher Book

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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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LASER i3 in Houston

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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Animal Studies– Materials and Organizations

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