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Classification of Materials This task focuses on Understanding the Scientific Inquiry. Students must use a two-way classification system to organize people and objects. This task includes: |
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Density In this task, students will design and construct a boat out of tin foil to hold as many washers as possible. This task includes: |
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Density and Buoyancy This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Properties of Specific Substances. Students must experiment to analyze why and predict which objects will sink or float in water. This task includes: |
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Density and Buoyancy In this task, students will predict which objects will float in water and explore the reasoning. This task includes: |
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Density of a Sinker In this task, students will calculate the density, mass, and volume of a sinker and apply that knowledge to an alternate situation. This task includes: |
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Electrical Circuits and Switches In this task, students will design and explain a model of circuits and switches and then redesign for it to be turned on by someone with no hands. This task includes: |
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Estimating In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must estimate the mass, volume, and density of various object to assess their ability to make observations. This task includes: |
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Half-Ball In this task, students will be examining how a ball and half-ball relate to Newton's Laws of Motion and the Law of Conservation of Energy. This task includes: |
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Heat Retention This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Heat Transfer. Students must test, measure, and graph their findings to determine which of four substances would be the best as a heat mass. This task includes: |
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Heating Crystals In this task, students will experiment with and observe the effects of heating various crystals. This task includes: |
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