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STC Secondary: Discovering Electrical Systems

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Motion and Design– Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles: Getting Started

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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Exploring Plate Tectonics– Convection in the Mantle

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Moving Assessment from the Dessert Menu to the List of Entrees

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STC Secondary: Experimenting with Forces and Motion

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How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?
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How Can We Predict When The Sky Will Be Dark?

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What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?

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Time: It’s Like, So Deep

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STEM Education for Social Good

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STC Program: Animal Studies Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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STC Secondary: Exploring the Nature of Light

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STC Program: Soils Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?

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STC Program: Food Chemistry Unit Kit, 2nd Edition

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How Can Animals Use Their Senses To Communicate?

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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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

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Sound– Lesson 6: Vibrations We Can't See

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Rocks and Minerals– Incorporating Literacy

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

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Scientists observe, share, collaborate

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LASER i3 in NC

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Explore Smithsonian: How Are Optical Instruments Tested Before Space Flight?

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