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English Learners in STEM: Language Log

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Space Career Resource Guide

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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

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Earth & Space Science
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BumperDucks

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Physical Science
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STC Assessment Guide: Ecosystems

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Space Force STEM Activities

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How Can We Change an Object’s Motion?

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STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Kindergarten
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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Physical Science
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Introducing: Good Thinking!

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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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U.S. Space Force: Origins

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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Chemistry
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Trait Tracker

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Science: A Work in Progress

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NASA's Women in STEM

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Teaching ELL Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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NOAA Science on a Sphere

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STC Program: Microworlds Student Investigations Guide, 3rd Edition

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Life Science
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Light Up the Cave

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Physical Science
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Physical Science
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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

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