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Plug-N-Play Satellites

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Our Lady of Lourdes Capstone Video

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Space Career Resource Guide

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

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

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Inside RAF Fylingdales: The Ballistic Missile Warning Base | Forces TV

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How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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Through the Window and into the Mirror: Narratives of African American STEM Professionals

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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

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Space Hitchhikers: The ESPA Ring

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STC Assessment Guide: Solids and Liquids

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English Learners in STEM: Realia Wall and Sentence Frames

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Life Science
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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Life Science
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Operations in the NAS

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‘Tis the Season for a Reason

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