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STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Be An Explorer!

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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STC Program: Weather Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Chill Out: Tiny Refrigerator Saves Hubble Camera

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Life Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Comparing and Measuring

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NASA's Women in STEM

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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Anyone with a Question Can Have a STEM2D Career

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Air Force Civilian Careers

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STC Literacy Series™: Electric Circuits

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Orbit Types

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Department of the Air Force SOAR Educational Videos

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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National Geospatial -Intelligence Agency Mapping Moments: Lunar Module Simulator

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Focus on the Stuff

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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Laser i3 in Action

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Artemis I STEM Learning Pathway

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JAYO - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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STC-Secondary™: Studying the Development and Reproduction of Organisms

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