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STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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STC Assessment Guide: Magnets and Motors

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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STC Assessment Guide: Motion and Design

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: Dajopen

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STC Living Materials Order Sheet, Microworlds

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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Terita Norton, Electrical Engineer and Systems Director - STEM Literacy Project

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Falling 101

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Convection Current in the Air

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Robert Latta, Aerospace Engineer

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Smithsonian Institution | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Global Inspiration | Dr. Carol O'Donnell | Smithsonian | January

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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How to Best Support Your Child’s Science Learning in the Time of COVID-19

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Virtual Sungazing

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Destination Deep Space

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

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Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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Sugar Simulation

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Ocean X Climate Summit

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