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Be An Explorer!

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Unified Geologic Map of the Moon

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STC Literacy Series™: Experiments with Plants, Pack of 8

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Grade 5
Grade 6
A blue background with a five students surrounding an educator with long dark brown hair examining a group of plants.
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Educating for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Progress in the U.S.

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Education
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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STC Assessment Guide: Solids and Liquids

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Cover fo the grade 2 physical science teacher's guide
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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
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STC Literacy Series™: Changes

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
The cover of grade 5 physical science teacher guide
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How Can We Identify Materials Based On Their Properties?

Cover of Educating for Sustainable development perspectives of US and Global Educators
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Educating for Sustainable Development: Perspectives of U.S. and Global Educators Report

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Sustainability
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How Can I Help an Animal Cross the Road Safely?

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Transforming Science Education

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Cover of the grade 4 physical science teacher guide titled How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?
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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
Astronaut in the Space Station looking out a window down onto Earth.
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Space Junk Around Earth

microscopic image of a cell
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STCMS™: Genes and Molecular Machines

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Chemistry
Illustration of Earth with three concentric circles around it.
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Orbit Types

A silver and orange satellite orbiting Earth
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Joint Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites

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Women in Aviation and Space History

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STC-Secondary™: Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Life Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's Laws

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STC Literacy Series™: Plant Growth and Development

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Illustrated women pointing to irrigation system
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Earth Observation Case Study: Using Landsat to Map Agricultural Yields and Irrigation

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.
Curriculum

PROTECTING WHALES

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Grade 3
Life Science
Sustainability
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Physical Science
National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report Cover
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National Professional Development Program: 2016 and 2017 Cohorts Report

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Education
Night sky with silhouettes of trees with a bright green streak in the sky
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Space Weather and Earth's Aurora

Illustrated moon surface with text that says teaching with telescopes.
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Teaching with Telescopes