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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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How Can We Stay Safe On A Changing Earth?

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Bulldozing Technique for Science Class

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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How Do Weather And Climate Affect Our Lives?

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Land and Water– Lesson 2 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Weather Lab

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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