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Rain Drops In this task, students will test and examine water droplets on various materials commonly used on buildings. This task includes: |
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Rain Drops In this task, students will examine raindrops on various materials used on the outside of buildings. This task includes: |
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Rate of Solution In this task, students will experiment with how much agitation is required to dissolve sugar particles. This task includes: |
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Rate of Solvation In this task, students will explore what factors effect the rate at which a sugar cube will dissolve in water. This task includes: |
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Reaction Rates In this task, students will observe and graph their results of the relationship between temperature and reaction rates of mixtures and then apply their knowledge to additional scenarios. This task includes: |
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Rising Waters In this task, students must make a connection between weight and water displacement by recording observations and apply their understandings to alternate situations. This task includes: |
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Rolling Down Hill In this task, students must record and graph data collected from rolling a marble down a ramp. This task includes: |
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Rubber Band In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students will experiment with what happened to the length of a rubber band when rings are repeatedly added. This task includes: |
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S.O.S Student Out and Stranded (Man Vs. Wild West Virginia) In this task, students will work in groups to produce a video of themselves as if they were stranded and came across a cabin with limited resources. They will need to use these resources to construct a compass, telegraph, and flashlight. This task includes: |
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Sand in Bottles In this task, students will determine the speed at which bottles filled with various amounts of sand will roll and then predict the the amount of sand in an unknown bottle. This task includes: |
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