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Nuclear Frontiers

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

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

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STC Literacy Series™: Measuring Time, Pack of 8

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Chemistry
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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

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Physical Science
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STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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Kindergarten
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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Un Problema De Peso

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Physical Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Physical Science
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STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Life Science
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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Physical Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Physical Science
Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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Digital Initiatives in STEM Education

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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Panel: Transforming STEM Education and Industry through an Accessibility Lens

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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