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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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

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Un Problema De Peso

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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Mini Golf Motion

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Sugar Simulation

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

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Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Everyday Energy

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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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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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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Sound– Notebooking

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

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Motion and Design– Using Cooperation Cups

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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Floating and Sinking– Making a Sinker Float

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