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Don't Waste - Create In this task, students will become more conscious about reserving resources through exploring agricultural processes and how to use all of the food product. This task includes: |
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Engineering 101: Pop-up Book! In this task, students will explore the various professional fields of engineering and create a pop-up book showcasing their newfound knowledge. This task includes: |
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Estimating In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must estimate the mass, volume, and density of various object to assess their ability to make observations. This task includes: |
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Gaga Pit In this task, students will become carpenters and create their own play arena for the Israeili game "Gaga", which is similar to dodgeball. This task includes: |
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Heat Retention This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Heat Transfer. Students must test, measure, and graph their findings to determine which of four substances would be the best as a heat mass. This task includes: |
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Ice Melting This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of the Transfer of Energy. Students must design a way to investigate whether various materials can prevent heat gain in frozen water. This task includes: |
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Middle NCTM Activity - Air Temperature This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will calculate the average daily temperature. This task includes: |
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Middle NCTM Activity - Clinometer This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Earth Systems Unit. Students will draw shapes out of the given angles using strings. This task includes: |
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Middle NCTM Activity - Rainfall This task from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will calculate the amount of rainfall since the last measurement. This task includes: |
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Middle NCTM Activity - Soil Moisture This task is from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Soils Unit. Students will write an equation to help them make various measurements of soil. This task includes: |
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