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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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¡Biodiversidad! ¿Cómo podemos equilibrar las necesidades de las personas con las necesidades de otros seres vivos?

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Keep it Balanced

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

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Soils– Materials Distribution: Roles and Responsibilities

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features : Materials and Safety

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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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

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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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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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Organisms– Notebooking

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

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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