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       Earth and Space Science
      		Earth Balloon Earth BalloonEarth BalloonEarth BalloonEarth Balloon Stream Model Trailer, Soil/Water Jeopardy, and Enviroscape Tabletop Display Stream Model Trailer, Soil/Water Jeopardy, and Enviroscape Tabletop Display 
       Earth's Place in the Universe        
       Earth's SystemsPrairie Mammal's Life (K-ESS2-2) 
      All the Water in the World (2-ESS2-3)
       
      Blue Beads (2-ESS2-3) 
      		 
      Soil Stories (4-ESS2-1) 
       
      Blue Beads (4-ESS2-2) 
      		Edible Aquifer (5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS3-1) 
       Incredible Journey (MS-ESS2-4)
       
      		 
      Earth and Human Activity 
      Prairie Mammal's Live (K-ESS3-1)
       
      Waste Reduction & Recycling (K-ESS3-3)
       
      Bison Box (K-ESS3-3)
       
      The Long Haul (K-ESS3-1) 
      		  Soil Tunnel Trailer (3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4)= Contact DCWCD 
      Westar Energy (4-ESS3-1)
       
      Edible Soil Profile (4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-1) 
       Waste Reduction Recycling (5-ESS3-1)
       
      Water Pollution Search (5-ESS3-1)
       
      Water Quality Hopscotch(5-ESS3-1)
      CO2 Tag (MS ESS3-5)
       
      Westar Energy (5-ESS3-1)
      		 
               
      Physical Science         
      Matter and Its Interactions         
       Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions        
      Energy       Westar Energy Speaker or Trip  
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       Life Science      
      Plant/Animal Specimen 
       
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      Plant/Animal Specimen  
       
      Greenhouse Plants  
       
       From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and ProcessesGreenhouse Plants & Mealworms (K-LS1-1)
      Whose Tracks are These (1-LS1-1)
       
      Prairie Mammal's Life (1-LS1-1)
       
      Plant & Animal Specimens
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      Plant & Animal Specimens (4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2)
       
       
      It's Not Just Grass (5-LS1-1) 
       
      Greenhouse Plants (5-LS1-1) 

       Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamic Relationships   Landscape Scene Investigators (2-LS4-1)  It's Not Just Grass (5-LS2-1)   
       Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits        
       Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity  Plant & Animal Specimens 
      Whose Tracks are These (3-LS4-3)
       
      Plant & Animal Specimens (3-LS4-2)
       
      Fossil Specimens (3-LS4-1)
      		    
       

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