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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Grade 6
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Sustainability
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
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Space Force STEM Activities

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Earth & Space Science
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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Grade 3
Life Science
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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Developing User Confidence & Engagement with New Technologies

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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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High School
Life Science
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The Impact of LASER i3

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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Smithsonian literacy materials

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Focus on the Stuff

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Education
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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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STC Literacy Series™: Comparing and Measuring

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
Curriculum

STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
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Women in Aviation and Space History

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Spaceports by State

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Earth & Space Science
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Grade 1
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Kindergarten
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Lisa Sedares, Project Leader JPSS Flight and Ground Projects - STEM Literacy Project

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Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study

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Grade 2
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Life Science
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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Teen Astronomy Cafe

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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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IDEAS in STEM: Building Positive STEM Identities in Students with Disabilities

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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