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STC Program: Electric Circuits Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Engineering Batteries

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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Rainy Day Fabrics

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Aurora Public Schools

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Effective Inquiry-Based STEM Education

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Ecosystems– Material Consideration

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Space Junk Around Earth

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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 3: Learning More About Caterpillars

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Destination Deep Space

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A gallery of images with a boy looking through eclipse glasses a woman at a computer, two men in a reciprocal bike, a man with a model plane, and a logo with Saturn, a lightbulb, an astronaut, and a plane with text that says Inspire Engage Educated Employ the next generation of explorers.
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Exploring Careers @ NASA for Students

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
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Shrinking Sutures

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Inquiry science is the foundation

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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