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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Terita Norton, Electrical Engineer and Systems Director - STEM Literacy Project

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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STC Literacy Series™: Ecosystems

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Soils– Reading Resource Extensions

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Lycée Vaucanson and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Team

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Through the Window and into the Mirror: Narratives of African American STEM Professionals

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Teacher Tips: Weather

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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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DoD STARBASE

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Simulating Sutures

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Filter Fun!

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Shrinking Sutures

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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Dressed to Protect

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Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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