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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Students can’t wait for science!

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Explore the World of the Small: Measuring in Nanometers

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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Teaching with Telescopes

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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NOAA View Data Imagery Portal

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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 3: Learning More about Rocks

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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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This is not space camp': Watch how recruits train for US Space Force

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Physical Science
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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NOAA SciJinks: It’s All About the Weather

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The Impact of LASER i3

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Physical Science
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Food Chain Fix

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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Cool to Carry

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Nuclear Frontiers

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Storm Smart

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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An Integrated Approach to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) in STEM

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