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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Physical Science
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Wilderness Watch!

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Student Notebooking– Table of Contents

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Teaching ELL Students– Small Group Work

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Astrophysicist Explains Dark Matter and 4 other Cosmic Phenomena

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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Will Santos, Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer - STEM Literacy Project

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Astrophysicist Answers YouTube's James Webb question

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Collège les Colliberts Group 1 Capstone Video

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Using Thermometer Strips

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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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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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit

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

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STC Literacy Series™: Organisms

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Licenses & Permits: Commercial Space

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