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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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

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Physical Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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

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Artemis Camp Experience

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Fired Up About Energy

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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Webcast

IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

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¡Mosquito! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar la salud para todos contra las enfermedades transmitidas por los mosquitos?

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Sustainability
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How Can I Help an Animal Cross the Road Safely?

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STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Match The Pitch!

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How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
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How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Physical Science
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Animal Studies–Science Vocabulary

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?
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What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?

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Grade 2
Earth & Space Science
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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September
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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Life Science
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NASA's Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

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