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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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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Light Up the Cave

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

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

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Organisms– Notebooking

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Sound– Notebooking

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Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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

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