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Into the Wild Project In this task, students will appreciate the beauty of nature in the modern world. They will create camping gear using their knowledge of physics and other disciplines and then take these new tools out into the wild for a class camping trip. This task includes: |
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Small Spaces In this task, students will tackle the issue of space in our increasingly populous world through rearranging living quarters. This task includes: |
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Soul Surf In this task, students will research the physics of surfboards and use their knowledge to craft a handplane for bodysurfing. They will then research a question and write an article to be posted in Soul Surf magazine. This task includes: |
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