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Rudos vs. Tecnicos In this task, students will tackle social problems that are prevalent in both Latin America and their own community. This task includes: |
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Sale! In this task, students must examine four sale ofers and calculate which offers the largest and smallest price reduction. This task includes: |
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Sara’s Story In Sara’s Story students will demonstrate short and long term effects (physical, emotional, social, and intellectual) of drug use. This task includes:
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Science Friction In this task, students will explore the concept of friction to gain an understanding of the world of physics being present in every day life. This task includes: |
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Seasonal Change In this task, students will determine patterns of seasonal growth by examining previous students' data. This task includes: |
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Security Camera This task requires students to determine the most optimal security camera placement in a store to prevent shoplifting and provides a diagram with people throughout the store in order to give a quantatative visual. This task includes: |
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Shakespeare: The Inventor of Modern Man In this task, students will explore the claim that Shakespeare is the inventor of modern man by looking at the impact of his work through time. This task includes: |
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Shop, Eat, Move In Shop, Eat, Move students will compare nutritional labels, identify positive and negative nutritional components, and identify additional foods that would compensate a healthy meal. This task includes:
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Sidewalk Patterns In this task, students will create an equation to determine the amount of each colored brick needed to create a specific sidewalk pattern. Similar to Sidewalk Stones, but with more guidance. This task includes: |
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Sidewalk Stones In this task, students will create an equation to determine the amount of each colored brick needed to create a specific sidewalk pattern. This task includes: |
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