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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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

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

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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STC Program: Plant Growth and Development Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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PROTECTING WHALES

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

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Physical Science
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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Education
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STC Program: Ecosystems Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Life Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Engineering Design
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Vaccines! How can we use science to help our community make decisions about vaccines?

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Kindergarten
Life Science
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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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

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Earth & Space Science
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STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Physical Science
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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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¡Comunidades Sostenibles! ¿Cómo contribuiremos al progreso de nuestra comunidad?

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STC Program: Properties of Matter Unit Kit

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Land and Water– Lesson 2/3 The Water Cycle: Modeling Land and Water

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Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

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

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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

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

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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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