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Laboratory Eye Protection Denial Syndrome

By Ken Roy

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Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community With Science Centers and Youth Programs

By Jan Mokros and Jen Tuttle Parsons

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Data Detectives Clubs: A Collaborative Approach to Data Science Through Epidemiology

By Laura Martin, Janice Mokros, Nav Deol-Johnson, Pendred Noyce, and Jacob Sagrans

Middle School Informal Education Careers Computer Science Equity Interdisciplinary Life Science

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A Low-Cost, User-Friendly Technology for Making Samples and Artifacts Accessible to Online Audiences

By Daniel Hamilton, Jason Cervenec, Erica Maletic, and Jeremy Patterson

Middle School High School Informal Education Inquiry Technology

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Archive: Science Update: Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, October 19, 2023

The FDA recently updated the requirements for nutrition labeling that appear on most packaged food products. This presentation will review the major c...

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Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023

More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named afte...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Earth & Space Science STEM

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, December 13, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

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Archive: Science Update: From Talking Trash to Taking Action: The Science of Marine Debris, April 20, 2023

Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned vessels, a...

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Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists�...

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 22, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 15, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

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There and Back: How a Global Pandemic Shaped Youth Programming

By Marti Lindsey, Ben Richmond, Alex Benavides, Graciela "Zonnie" Olivas, Kelle Hyland, Leesa Lyons, Lexy Havunen, Mayra Vargas, Brook Moreno, and Bob Mittan

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