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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?
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How Can We Glide Like a Squirrel?

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Sun STEM Toolkit

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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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NOAA Satellite and Information Service Infographics

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Educating for Sustainable Development: Perspectives of U.S. and Global Educators Report

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Earth & Space Science
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Engineering Batteries

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 7: Hurricanes- Destructive Storms

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals

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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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360 Photos

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Teaching with Telescopes

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How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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Increases in student achivement

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Physical Science
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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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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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Life Science
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Soils– Lesson 6: How Quickly Do Soils Settle in Water?

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