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

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

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Argos Education

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Introduction to Moon Trees

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2-Body Equation of Motion

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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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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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Planners

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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Habitats

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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NASA STEM Engagement

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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STC Assessment Guide: Chemical Tests

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Shrinking Sutures

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Difficult Conversations in Extraordinary Times

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Live from NOIRLab

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Everyday Energy

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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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