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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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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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Setting Up and Maintaining an Online Science Classroom for Success

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Mosquito! How Can We Ensure Health For All From Mosquito-borne Diseases?

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Enric Sala - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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

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STC Assessment Guide: Balancing and Weighing

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Student Notebooking– Add an Envelope

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Home on the Range

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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