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Explore Smithsonian: How do Orchids Attract Pollinators?

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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How Can We Be Ready for Weather?

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Conjunto de lecciones Cómo comenzar con la sostenibilidad: energía y clima

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Storm Smart

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Elementary Weather Lesson

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Save Weather Maps

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Bulldozing Technique for Science Class

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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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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Animal Studies– Materials Management

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Michael Wise

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Soils– Lesson 6: How Quickly Do Soils Settle in Water?

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Plant Growth and Development–Getting a Handle on Your Bee

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How Do Weather and Climate Affect Our Lives?

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STC Secondary: Exploring Plate Tectonics

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Plant Growth and Development– Planting the Seeds

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Life Cycles of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis - Moving the Crysalis Properly

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Classical Orbital Elements (COEs)

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Showbiz Safari

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Animal Studies– Observing Millipedes More Closely

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

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Home on the Range

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