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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Mission to the Moon Model

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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STC Assessment Guide: Floating and Sinking

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STC Program: Microworlds Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Fired Up About Energy

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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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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Sugar Simulation

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Earth As Art

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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

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

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STC Literacy Series™: Solids and Liquids

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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Space Force STEM Activities

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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STC Assessment Guide: Organisms

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Effective Inquiry-Based STEM Education

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i3 PLC Leaders Becoming an Increasingly Effective Collaborative Team

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

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STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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