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Cité scolaire D'Arsonval Group 2 Capstone Video

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Grade 4
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Grade 7
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Life Science
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Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

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Education
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Curriculum

Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Life Science
Sustainability
An astronaut in a spacesuit on a spacewalk.
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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Earth & Space Science
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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Grade 3
Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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LASER i3 PLC Leaders Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned

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Education
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Measuring Time, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Time: It’s Like, So Deep

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Education
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Rainy Day Fabrics

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Earth & Space Science
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Morphy

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Grade 3
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Life Science
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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Education
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
A title page from Lycée Vaucanson and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Team capstone prject with the Biodiversity guide cover and the two school logos
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Lycée Vaucanson and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Team

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Life Science
Illustration of Earth with one yellow elliptical orbit
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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Earth & Space Science
A satellite in space with the Earth reflecting in its solar panel
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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Earth & Space Science
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
The Protecting Whales teacher guide cover with a collage of images showing a mother and baby humpback whale, a whale fluke in front of a military ship, a whale fluke, and a whale fluke in front of a cargo ship.
Curriculum

PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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Earth & Space Science
A dark blue circle with a yellow telescope and planet with orange text that says science research mentoring program
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Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program

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Earth & Space Science
A yellow rectangle with a man in the center looking at an inset image of an image from the James Webb space telescope of the southern ring nebula that is blue oval with red radiating from it.
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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
Curriculum

How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
An ecological library consisting of trees and plants throughout a two story library with a glass ceiling
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Cité scolaire D'Arsonval Group 1 Capstone Video

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science