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Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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Space Junk Around Earth

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Earth & Space Science
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STC-Secondary™: Studying the Development and Reproduction of Organisms

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Spirit of St. Louis
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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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Physical Science
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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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STC Literacy Series™: Technology of Paper, Pack of 8

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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

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Physical Science
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Enric Sala - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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Earth & Space Science
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"The training is fantastic!"

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

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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Education
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Margarita Mora - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Why Invest in STEM?

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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Earth & Space Science
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Water Works

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Grade 5
Engineering Design
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Disaster Detector

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

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Life Science
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Ocean X Climate Summit

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NASA's Women in STEM

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