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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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Changing Earth

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Engineering Design
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STC-Secondary™: Researching Optical Systems

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties? Grade 5 Physical Science Trainer Guide

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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Mini Golf Motion

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Physical Science
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Floating and Sinking– What Do We Know About Floating and Sinking?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?

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Grade 5
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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Exploring Properties of Matter– Other Surface Features

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Physical Science
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BumperDucks

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Physical Science
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How Can We Stop Land From Washing Away?

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Grade 2
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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How Can We Light Our Way In The Dark?

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Grade 1
Physical Science
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How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?

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Engineering Design
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Sound– Notebooking

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Channel Challenge!

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Match The Pitch!

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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion? Grade 3 Physical Science Trainer Guide

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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Sound– Lesson 8: Making a Model Eardrum

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Program: Energy, Machines, and Motion Unit Kit

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Grade 6
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Physical Science
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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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Properties of Matter Grade 5 Physical Science Trainer Guide

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Grade 5
Physical Science
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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Grade 2
Physical Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Investigating Circuit Design

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Physical Science
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Beats and Banjos

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Grade 1
Engineering Design