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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

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This is not space camp': Watch how recruits train for US Space Force

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Transforming Science Education

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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Astrophysicist Explains first James Webb images

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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STC Program: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC Assessment Guide: Plant Growth and Development

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STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program

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

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?

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

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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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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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2-Body Equation of Motion

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The U.S. Army in Space today and in the future

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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

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STC–Kindergarten™: Exploring My Weather Two-Use Unit Kit

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Hands-on science and non-English speakers

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

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STC Program: Floating and Sinking Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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