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Habitats

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

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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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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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

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PROTECTING WHALES

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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Animal Studies–Science Vocabulary

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Animal Studies– Materials and Organizations

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

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Morphy

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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