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Space Weather

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

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Earth Observation User Case: Using Landsat to Connect Space to Village

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Science: A Work in Progress

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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Laser i3 in Action

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Mission to the Moon Model

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Sunlight on the National Mall

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Disaster Detector

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

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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Cool to Carry

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Implicit Bias: How it impacts DEAI efforts in K-12 STEM Education

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Programs

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Match The Pitch!

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Intelligence Community Career Opportunities; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) Majors

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Trait Tracker

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Wilderness Watch!

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

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Collège les Colliberts Group 1 Capstone Video

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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