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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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Education
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Zero Barriers in STEM Education Accessibility and Inclusion Workbook

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
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Physical Science
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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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Light Up the Cave

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
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Education
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Fostering Change: Ideas and Best Practices for Diversity in STEM Teaching in K-12 Classrooms

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

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Earth Optimism Student Video Competition: The Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

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That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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Building Networks and Enhancing Diversity in the K-12 STEM Teaching Workforce

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Physical Science
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Student Notebooking– Keeping a Teacher Book

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Sound– Lesson 2: How Sound Travels

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Teaching English Language Learning Students– Teaching Academic Vocabulary

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UN PROBLEMA DE PESO

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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English Learners in STEM: Language Log

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

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
How Can We Change An Object's Motion?
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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Investigating Circuit Design– Generating Electric Energy

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?
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How Can We Change Solids and Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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2013 Biodiversity: Smithsonian Science Education Academy for Teachers

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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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

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Grade 3
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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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LASER i3 in NC

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science