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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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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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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Un Problema De Peso

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Sugar Simulation

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Sound– Notebooking

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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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