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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Floating and Sinking– Which Things Float? Which Things Sink?

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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STC Secondary: Working with Motors and Simple Machines

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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounts, and Elements– Marking Chromotography Paper

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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Sound– Lesson 10: Changing the Pitch by Changing the Tension

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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

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Un Problema De Peso

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Sound– Notebooking

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STCMS™: Energy, Forces, and Motion

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

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer (2018)

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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