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Penguin Protection

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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STCMS™: Structure and Function

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 3: Learning More About Caterpillars

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Habitats

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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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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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Cover of the Keep it Balanced activity with an illustration of the endocrine system and a hand holding cards that say blood sugar increases and blood sugar decreases
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Keep it Balanced

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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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