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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 4
Grade 5
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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STC Literacy Series™: Organisms

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Kindergarten
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"The training is fantastic!"

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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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STC Literacy Series™: Changes

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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Civil Air Patrol lessons to support the US Space Force

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Earth & Space Science
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Sustainability
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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Chemistry
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Science: A Work in Progress

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STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Secondary: Exploring Respiration and Circulation

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Grade 6
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Life Science
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Weather Widget

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Life Science
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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Expedition: Insects

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Life Science
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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Programs

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth?
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How Can We Map Land and Water On Earth?

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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NOAA Data in the Classroom

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Earth & Space Science
Sustainability
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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science