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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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Light Up the Cave

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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Beats and Banjos

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Drying Chromotography Paper

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STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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