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Tadpoles In this task, students will take a look at the various stages of tadpole development. This task includes: |
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Tadpoles In this task, students will examine the various stages at which tadpoles grow up. This task includes: |
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Temperature School This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Heat and Temperature. Students must measure, record, and graph temperatures from three water samples and then grasp the concepts of cooling and warming in order to relate to the outside world. This task includes: |
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Temperature and Enzymes In this task, students will experiment with mixing rennin and milk. This task includes: |
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Testing Foods In this task, students must explore the amounts of oil in various foods. This task includes: |
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Testing a New Drug In this task, students will design an experiment to test experimental drugs and write a report to send to an approval committee. This task includes: |
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That's the Way the Ball Bounces In this task, students will test the boucing ability of balls made with various materials. This task includes: |
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The Blizzard of 1993 This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must analyze a barograph from a winter storm in 1993. This task includes: |
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The Captain and Lake Wilmar In this task, students will go through three performance tasks to explore the ecosystem of Lake Wilmar. This task includes: |
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The Effectiveness of Antacids In this task, students will conduct an experiment that will explore which of four antacids will neutralize acid. This task includes: |
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