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Teacher Tips: Weather

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Disaster Detector

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Understanding Weather and Climate–Lesson 9: Ocean Currents-Using the Demo Box

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Water Works

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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How Can We Stay Safe On A Changing Earth?

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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

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

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

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

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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