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Build and use a simple spectroscope

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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Curriculum

Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive? المجتمعات المستدامة! كيف يمكننا مساعدة مجتمعنا على الازدهار؟

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Magnets and Motors Unit Kit

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Webcast

Promising Practices for Online Learning

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Curriculum

How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Resource

21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Enric Sala - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Inquiry science is vital

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App

Penguin Protection

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Grade 1
Life Science
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Resource

Join the U.S. Space Force

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Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Video

Attack the Knack

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Education
Video

Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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eBook

Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Sustainability
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Experiments with Plants

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Resource

STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

Exploring Planetary Systems– The Solar System:Design

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Video

Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Grade 5
Earth & Space Science
LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2017-2018 District Report: Aurora Public Schools
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LASER 2017-2018 District Report Highlights: Aurora Public Schools

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Education
How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
Curriculum

How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Grade 2
Life Science
Sustainability
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Curriculum

How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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National Science Foundation and National Solar Observatory Google Classrooms

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Earth & Space Science
Video

English Learners in STEM: Interactive Graphic Organizer and Mix & Match

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Education
Video

Delilah Nunez, Systems Director, ESS Ground and Integration - STEM Literacy Project

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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