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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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STC Program: Electric Circuits Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Space Junk Around Earth

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Engineering Circuits

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Grade 8
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Storm Smart

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Impacting student learning

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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Sustainability
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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Physical Science
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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Yuck! That Tastes Terrible: Discovering a Unique Genetic Trait

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Grade 6
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Missile Warning and Space Surveillance

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HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY MATERIALS BASED ON THEIR PROPERTIES?

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Weather Widget

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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Earth & Space Science
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Smithsonian literacy materials

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LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Grade 6
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Chemistry
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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Earth & Space Science
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate–Lesson 9: Ocean Currents-Using the Demo Box

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Earth & Space Science