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Explore Smithsonian: James Smithson - The Founder of the Smithsonian

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

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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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

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Creature Feature: A Genes and Molecular Machines Lesson

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¡BIOTECNOLOGÍA! ¿Cómo podemos crear un futuro sostenible usando labiotecnología de forma ética?

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

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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STC Program: Organisms - From Macro to Micro Unit Kit

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Organisms– Literacy Integration

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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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Explore Smithsonian: How can Scientists Track the Movement of an Invasive Species of Fish?

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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Disaster Detector

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STC Assessment Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Recording Earthquake Waves

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

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

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

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STCMS™: Weather and Climate Systems

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STC Program: Sound Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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STC Literacy Series™: Land and Water

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Mini Golf Motion

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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