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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence– Investigating Fungi

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Conservation of Energy & Momentum

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Science: A Work in Progress

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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Music Time

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Exploring Planetary Systems– The Solar System:Design

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STC Assessment Guide: Electric Circuits

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English Learners in STEM: Realia Wall and Sentence Frames

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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Trait Tracker

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STC Program: Organisms Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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NOAA SciJinks: It’s All About the Weather

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools

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STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | September

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"The staff love the PD"

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