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STC Secondary: Investigating Digestion and Motion

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Sustainability
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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Matthew Tan, Aerospace Engineering Student at Stanford

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Falling 101

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Physical Science
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Kindergarten
Life Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Changes Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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

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Weather Widget

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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers

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Laser i3 in Action

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NOAA Planet Stewards

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Students can’t wait for science!

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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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

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Life Science
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Morphy

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Life Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Weather

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Kindergarten
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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Curriculum

STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Earth & Space Science
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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Exploring Planetary Systems– The Solar System:Design

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Earth & Space Science
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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics

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