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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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STCMS™: Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer

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Storm Smart

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Using Alphabet Box with Science Vocabulary)

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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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Land and Water– Literacy Integration (Sharing Predictions)

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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Investigating Circuit Design– Solar Cells

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

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Inquiry 9.2 Prep Work

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Explore Smithsonian: How Do Astronomers See the Invisible Parts of the Universe?

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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