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STC Program: Microworlds Two-Use Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Spacecraft Subsystems

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STC Literacy Series™: Solids and Liquids

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools

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STC Program: Rocks and Minerals, 3rd Edition

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring Plants and Animals Two-Use Unit Kit

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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STC Assessment Guide: Sound

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What Do Plants And Animals Need To Live?

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Nuclear Frontiers

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Cover of the Keep it Balanced activity with an illustration of the endocrine system and a hand holding cards that say blood sugar increases and blood sugar decreases
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Keep it Balanced

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Earth Observation Case Study: Using Landsat to Map Agricultural Yields and Irrigation

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Inquiry-Based Science Fosters 21st Century Skills

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Light Up the Cave

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Tales of the modern astronomer

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