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Anemometer Energy!

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Engineering Design
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STC Assessment Guide: Ecosystems

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Student Notebooking– Tools: Using a Lab Report Writing Wheel

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Education
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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
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Educating for Sustainable Development: Perspectives of U.S. and Global Educators Report

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Sustainability
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Education
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NOAA Educator Opportunities

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Earth & Space Science
How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
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How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Teen Astronomy Cafe

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STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Earth & Space Science
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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Earth & Space Science
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Sun STEM Toolkit

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Earth & Space Science
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Food Chain Fix

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Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Astralgeology - Planets and Moons

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

Climate Resilience!

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Why Invest in STEM?

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Education
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Education
Sustainability
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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5