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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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

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Exploring Planetary Systems– The Solar System:Design

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Soils– Materials Distribution: Roles and Responsibilities

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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

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STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Storm Smart

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Soils– Organizing the Distribution Center

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Weather Lab

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

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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