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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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STC Literacy Series™: Ecosystems

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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Panel: Transforming STEM Education and Industry through an Accessibility Lens

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Focus on the Stuff

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Virtual Sungazing

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Mini Golf Motion

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STC Assessment Guide: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Rainforest Protector

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

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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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