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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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BumperDucks

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Habitats

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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How Can We Keep Land From Washing Away?

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Teacher Tips: Weather

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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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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Science Starts With a Question: Energy (Student Guide)

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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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Home on the Range

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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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