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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Mini Golf Motion

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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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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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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