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The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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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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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Mosquito! How Can We Ensure Health For All From Mosquito-borne Diseases?

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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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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Shrinking Sutures

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Sugar Simulation

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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PROTECTING WHALES

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

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Cover of the Biotechnology guide in Spanish with a DNA double helix
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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Expedition: Insects

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Pick Your Plate! Guía Global de Nutrición

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Keep it Balanced

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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A friendly monster named Tycho talks to a girl named Desta.
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Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Whale Protection Corps

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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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¡Mosquito! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar la salud para todos contra las enfermedades transmitidas por los mosquitos?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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