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Sustainable Communities
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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive?

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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Sustainability
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STC Program: Electric Circuits Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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¡Biodiversidad! ¿Cómo podemos equilibrar las necesidades de las personas con las necesidades de otros seres vivos?

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Keep it Balanced

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Sugar Simulation

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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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STC Program: Experiments with Plants Unit Kit

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Make it Rain!

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Chemistry
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Hispanos de la NASA

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Physical Science
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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Physical Science
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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites - R Series

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NOAA Satellite and Information Service Infographics

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