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IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Department of the Air Force SOAR Educational Videos

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United States Geological Survey's Eyes on Earth Podcast

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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STC Literacy Series™: Weather

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Stories of Women in STEM: Energy

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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Why Invest in STEM?

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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Music Time

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

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STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Assessment Guide: Land and Water

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Mission to the Moon Model

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Channel Challenge!

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Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

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