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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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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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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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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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