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Channel Challenge!

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Engineering Design
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Rainy Day Fabrics

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Earth & Space Science
How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate
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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Grade 4
Life Science
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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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STC Assessment Guide: Land and Water

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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Attack the Knack

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Education
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STEM Education for Sustainable Development

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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Virtual Sungazing

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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Magnets and Motors Unit Kit

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Grade 3
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Grade 5
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Resources for Educators and Students

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Earth & Space Science
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Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
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"Inquiry-based learning is incredible!"

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Curriculum

How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Grade 1
Grade 2
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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Education
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Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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Earth & Space Science
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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
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Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Curriculum

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

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Grade 6
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High School
Sustainability
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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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Grade 3
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Life Science
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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

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

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module
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America's First Food Spy Podcasting Module

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