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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Wright Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach: Virtual Career Speaker Sessions

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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Water Works

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Hispanos de la NASA

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STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Space Junk Around Earth

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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Plants and Animals Two-Use Unit Kit

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STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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NASA - Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Journey to the Sun

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Music Time

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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Introduction to Moon Trees

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Space Force Recruiting Site

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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility and Inclusion Workbook

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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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

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