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cover of the Ecosystem Resilience! How can people and ecosystems build resilience to change?
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Habitats Grade 3 Engineering Trainer Guide

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cover of the How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need? Grade 5 Engineering Trainer Guide
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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need? Grade 5 Engineering Trainer Guide

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Whale Protection Corps

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Students in Benin gather around a sanitation station
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Bootons la COVID-19! Module

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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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LASER i3 Across 3 Regions

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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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The Protecting Whales teacher guide cover with a collage of images showing a mother and baby humpback whale, a whale fluke in front of a military ship, a whale fluke, and a whale fluke in front of a cargo ship.
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PROTECTING WHALES

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Life Science
Sustainability
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Laser i3 in Action

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Beekeeper Presentation featuring Ren Ramsey

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An orangutan hangs from a tree in a moderately dense forest
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Earth Optimism Indonesia TV | Earth Optimism Education Series

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LASER Focused: A Model for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science to English Learners - 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools
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LASER 2018-2019 District Report: Denver Public Schools

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Morphy

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Life Science
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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Santiago-Blay

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Building Networks in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Literacy Tool Use as an Integral Feature of Students’ “Science ing”

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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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