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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Beekeeper Presentation featuring Ren Ramsey

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Whale Protection Corps

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Channel Challenge!

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How Can We Stay Cool In The Sun?
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Anemometer Energy!

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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Keep it Balanced

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Beats and Banjos

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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STC Secondary: Exploring Respiration and Circulation

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STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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

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World's Deadliest Animal Podcasting Module
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World's Deadliest Animal Podcasting Module

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