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Rainforest Protector

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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NASA's Women in STEM

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

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Sun STEM Toolkit

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HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY MATERIALS BASED ON THEIR PROPERTIES?

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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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USDA Forest Service Module

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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Terita Norton, Electrical Engineer and Systems Director - STEM Literacy Project

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Storm Smart

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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Increases in student achivement

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Why Invest in STEM?

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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

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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Chemistry
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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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