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

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Teacher Tips: Weather

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Ecosystems– Notebooking Strategies

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Exploring Planetary Systems– Other Surface Features: Don't Hurry the Slurry

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

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

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STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Rocks and Minerals– Organizing Minerals

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Soils– Using Alpha Boxes

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USDA Forest Service Module

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Ecosystems– Lesson 7: Joining Terrarium and Aquarium

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Ecosystems– Lesson 2: Setting up the Terrarium

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 9: Ocean Currents- Creating a "Cheat Sheet"

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Storm Smart

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 4: Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 2: Observing Rocks- How are They the Same and Different?

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STC Secondary: Exploring the Properties of Matter Unit

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Disaster Detector

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STCMS™: Space Systems Exploration (2018)

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STC Program: Earth in Space Unit Kit

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Rocks and Minerals– Creating Take Home Field Guides

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Exploring Planetary Systems– The Solar System:Design

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 1: Our Ideas About Weather and Climate– Using Weather Maps

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