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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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An Introduction to Space Weather and the Space Weather Prediction Center

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Changing Habitats

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

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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

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Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Spaceports by State

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Space Force STEM Activities

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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STC Assessment Guide: Floating and Sinking

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LASER i3 PLC Leaders Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned

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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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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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NASA STEM Engagement YouTube channel

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Increases in student achivement

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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Conserving Coral Reefs

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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