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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals

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Changing Habitats

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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STC Assessment Guide: Weather

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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Nirav Patel, Geospatial Data Scientist

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STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Animal Studies– Materials and Organizations

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IDEAS in STEM: Building Relationships

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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STC Program: Land and Water Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Teacher Tips: Land and Water

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Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations PowerPoint

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NGA Explains: What is GPS?

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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NASA: Faces of Technology

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Water Works

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