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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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STC Program: Light Unit Kit

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Floating and Sinking– Weighing Floaters and Sinkers

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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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Where Does the Water Go? Cover Image
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Sound– Lesson 9: Making Sounds with Strings

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Image of a yellow 3D printed anemometer with a base, a pencil as a vertical component and four half spheres on a horizonal top piece
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Anemometer Energy!

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How Can We Change An Object's Motion?

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Title screen for the educational kindergarten game, Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp
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Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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STC Program: Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Unit Kit

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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Tami's Tower: Pensemos en la ingeniería

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Engineering Design
A lighthouse between two palm trees
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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Wilderness Watch!

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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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Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements– Organization!

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

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Exploring Properties of Matter– Surface Gravity

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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The cover of A Weighty Problem grade 5 teacher guide with a collage of pictures depicting hiking gear, girls in science class, a boy hiking and a scale with a water and powder mixture.
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A WEIGHTY PROBLEM

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Chemical Reactions in Action

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– Materials Considerations

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Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 5 engineering cover
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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Cover of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom teacher guide with a blue background and 12 images in circles with bicyclists, magnets, and a tire swing
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Physical Science
The yellow cover of the grade 1 engineering teachers guide
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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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The yellow cover of a kindergarten engineering teachers guide
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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