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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Animal Studies

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Kindergarten
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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Earth & Space Science
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21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Education
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Engineering Design
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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Curriculum

STC Program: Rocks and Minerals Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Everyday Energy

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Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Life Science
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i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Engineering Design
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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Nuclear Frontiers

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Your Place In Space Career Profiles

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Air Force K-12 Activities

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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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