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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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BumperDucks

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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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STCMS™: Matter and Its Interactions

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Inegration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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

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

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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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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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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PROTECTING WHALES

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Separating Solutes (Preparation for Lesson)

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Development and Reproduction– Wisconsin Fast Plants Beginning the Cycle

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements Unit

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