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Sound– Lesson 1: Thinking about Sound

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Explore Smithsonian: What Internal Adaptations do Pandas Have to Eat Bamboo?

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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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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Sample Populations of Fish and Invertebrates Along the Shorelines?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can a Greenhouse Use Technology to Meet the Needs of Different Types of Plants?

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

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists Track and Monitor Blue Crab Populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

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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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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Cover of grade 2 physical science teacher's guide
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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Sound– Notebooking

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Explore Smithsonian: What External Adaptations do Pandas Have for Their Unique Diet?

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Floating and Sinking– Investigating Boat Designs

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Explore Smithsonian: Courtney Dressing - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Graduate Student

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Microworlds– Unit Preparation

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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Organisms– Notebooking

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the blue cover of grade 3 physical science teachers guide
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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Scientists use Electricity to Study Fish Populations?

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Title screen for the educational life science game, Morphy.
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Morphy

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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? Teacher Guide
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How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 1 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Home on the Range

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Motion and Design– "The Explore Build" Extension Activity

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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?
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How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?

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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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The cover of Protegiendo a les ballenas with 4 images of whales and ships
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PROTEGIENDO A LES BALLENAS

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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