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Aquarium Tiles In Aquarium Tiles students will create a decorative tile for a proposed border design for an aquarium. The tile will have relief, decorative rhythms, patterns and aquarium themed animals. This task includes:
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Auditions, Everyone! An Exploration of Jazz Improvisation In this tasks, students will explore jazz improvisation through performances and recording auditions. This task includes: |
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BTW IDK Y talking w/ my BFF costs 2 much In this task, students will collect information to be used in a new data plan for texting. This task includes: |
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Barometer In this task, students will design and create a barometer to repeatedly test the air pressure, applying their gained knowledge to real life atmospheric scenarios. This task includes: |
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Be a Good Sport In Be a Good Sport students will demonstrate a sport skill through mimed movement. This task includes:
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Blue In this task, students will be assessed on their ability to follow instructions on carrying out a simple chemical experiment. This task includes: |
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Building Materials In this task, students will decide which rock type is best to make benches and tables. This task includes: |
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Bunting This task requires students to calculate the amount of material needed to make enough bunting to circle a yard. This task includes: |
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Cafeteria Choices In Cafeteria Choices students will compare nutritional labels and identify positive and negative nutritional components; identify additional foods that would compensate for negative components and explain why. This task includes:
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California, Here We Come! In this task, students will calculate the time and mileage to fly between cities. This task includes: |
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