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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Weather Widget

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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Kenny Harris, Senior Project Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

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Earth Observation User Case Study: Power of the Pixel - 1972 to 2021

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Smithsonian | Global Generations | The Global Classroom | October

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Space Force STEM Activities

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The Impact of LASER i3

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Sunlight on the National Mall

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Live from NOIRLab

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Diverse Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Wisdom

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

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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