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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

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

Teacher Tips: Weather

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

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

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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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

Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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STC Literacy Series™: Electric Circuits

STC Program: The Technology of Paper Unit Kit

Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

STC Program: Magnets and Motors Unit Kit

STC Literacy Series™: Balancing and Weighing

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Everyday Energy

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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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COSIP.TV: ¡COVID-19! ¿Cómo puedo protegerme a mí mismo y a los demás?

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STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

STC Program: Solids and Liquids Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

STC Assessment Guide: Animal Studies

STC Program: Motion and Design Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

Animal Studies– Materials and Organizations

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

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

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