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Habitats

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

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STC Assessment Guide: Food Chemistry

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Biodiversity! How can we balance the needs of people with the needs of other living things?

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STCMS™: Ecosystems and Their Interactions

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 2: Caring for Caterpillars

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Nonfiction 2 - Multiple Intelligence Retell

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 14: Discovering that Butterflies are Insects

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How Can We Protect and Clean Earth's Water?

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Cool to Carry

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Exploring Planetary Systems–Thinking about our Solar System

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Sound — Lessons 1-4: Materials

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COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? NGSS-Aligned Teacher Companion Guide

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Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian

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Electric Circuits– Making a Filament

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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive?

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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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STC Assessment Guide: Ecosystems

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Explore Smithsonian: How Does a Curator of Great Cats Monitor the Health of Individual Lions in a Pride?

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

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Literacy Integration: Fiction

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

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Biotechnology! How can we ethically create a sustainable future using biotechnology?

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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 8: Observing the Crysalis

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What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?

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STC Literacy Series™: Rocks and Minerals

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Build Your Own Touch Screen Stylus

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