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Watch Out! There's Going to Be Fireworks! In this task, students will be design their own fireworks show, calculating timing, safety, and height of burst. This task includes: |
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Waiting to Inhale This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: Although smoking is perceived with increasing disfavor in the United States, it is a habit that continues to flourish around the world and is taken up by thousands of young people every day. In this unit, students will explore the past and present influence of tobacco on social, political, and economic life in the United States and around the world and its impact on individual and public health. |
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This Pool Is Too Cool In this task, students will role play as engineers for a swimming pool company and create a presentation for the details on the rubber lining needed to aid in heating a pool. This task includes: |
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The Value of a Good Education In this task, students will create a presentation to the Board of Education that will justify and explain the costs of student time and achievements after a pilot program has been suggested that students be payed for attending and doing well in school. This task includes: |
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Systems of Equations and Inequalities In this task, students will work in groups as a team of nutritionists for a hospital. They will need to come up with nutrition requirements for patients with specific diets and illnesses. This task includes: |
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Squares Inside Squares In Squares Inside Squares students will find the perimeter of three squares using their understanding of special triangles. This task includes: |
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Safety First This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: This unit focuses on the causes of workplace injuries and the consequences for workers, employers, and society as a whole. Students will investigate the biological and physical basis for injury on the job, regulations governing the work environment in the United States, and how public and government perception of who is responsible for work-related injuries has changed through history. |
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Look at Those Curves In this task, students will be given land attributes and must engineer and design Country Club estates. This task includes: |
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Imagine That! In this task, students will work in groups to evaluate the energy efficiency of a living complex being built. This task includes: |
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Fateful Descisions In this task, students will work together to create a brief that will inform on whether or not to vote yes or no on a bill that addresses climate change. This task includes: |
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