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

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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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Which Force Is With You? A Motion and Design Lesson

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

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Mousetrap Car

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Experimenting with Forces of Motion– The Force of Friction

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Pick Your Plate! Guía Global de Nutrición

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

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Explore Smithsonian: How do Orchids Attract Pollinators?

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

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BumperDucks

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PROTECTING WHALES

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Swing Along with a Pendulum: Clocking a Second

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Explore the World of Small Through Virtual Reality

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Solar System Explorations

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Morphy

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Shrinking Sutures

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Expedition: Insects

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

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HOW CAN ANIMALS USE THEIR SENSES TO COMMUNICATE?

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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can Electricity Correct a Telescope in Outer Space?

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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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

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Why is My Shadow Shorter Sometimes and Longer Other Times?

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Stories of Women in STEM: Symbiosis

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The Environmental Justice Guide cover with a fist of blue sky and green grass in the foreground of a gray polluted scene.
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Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone?

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Explore Smithsonian: What can we Learn from Lion Poop?

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Explore Smithsonian: How Can We Know About the Reproductive Cycle of an Animal by Its Poop?

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