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How much corn could DKIST pop if DKIST could pop corn?

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STC Program: Comparing and Measuring Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 3: Learning More About Caterpillars

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Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change Building a Sustainable Mindset
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Earth Optimism for Educators: Climate Change | Building a Sustainable Mindset

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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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

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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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Changing Earth

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Working in groups

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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“The kids learn from each other!”

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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STC Secondary: Investigating Digestion and Motion

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Professional Development Live

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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Disaster Detector

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Collège les Colliberts Group 2 Capstone Video

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Organisms– Notebooking

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