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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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STC Literacy Series™: Microworlds

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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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STC Literacy Series™: Chemical Tests

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STC Literacy Series™: Animal Studies

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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Assessment Guide: Changes

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Cool to Carry

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Expedition: Insects

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

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