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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Wilderness Watch!

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Spanish
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Engineering Design
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Media Kit

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Education
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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JAYO - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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Good Thinking: Make Sense of Science Class

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Education
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LASER i3 in North Carolina

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Education
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Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

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Education
LASER Focused on English Learners: PD plus an inquiry-based science curriculum improves K-8 teachers' perceived ability to support ELs and reduces the achievement gap in math and reading
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LASER Focused on English Learners - OELA 2020 Poster

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Education
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How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes? Grade 4 Engineering Trainer Guide

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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Attack the Knack

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Education
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Stories of Women of Color in STEM

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Grade 7
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Education
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Make it Rain!

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Education
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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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Education
Sustainability
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Channel Challenge!

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Spanish
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Engineering Design
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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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Energy Grade 4 Engineering Trainer Guide

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Education
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Match The Pitch!

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Engineering Design
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Learning Without Borders (Carol O’Donnell, 2018)

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Education
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Everyday Energy

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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LASER i3 in NC

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Education
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Focus on the Stuff

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Education
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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Anemometer Energy!

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Spanish
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Engineering Design
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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Grade 1
Engineering Design
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Opening Our Minds & Success in Conservation - Plenary 1 - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Education
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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Education
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Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering

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English
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Grade 1
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained

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Education