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Erosion In this task, students will design and conduct and experiment to investigate the question: How does the erosion of sand compare with the erosion of gravel? This task includes: |
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Fault Line In this task, students will use a cardboard model covered in sand to explore what happens with techtonic plates during an earthquake. This task includes: |
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Fish Dish In this task, students must determine the order a chef should cook his dishes and calculate the latest time he can start cooking to complete a dish on time. This task includes: |
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Fitness Plan for Pat In Fitness Plan for Pat students will describe two areas of nutrition and physical activity that will improve body composition. This task includes:
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Fitness Planning In Fitness Planning students will evaluate their current fitness level for cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, and flexibility and determine whether a maintenance or improvement plan is most appropriate. They will demonstrate how maintenance or improvement plan will help achieve goal. This task includes:
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Formation of Rain In this task, students will design a model to repreasent the stages leading up to rain. This task includes: |
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Formation of Wind In this task, students will sequence and describe the steps leading up to wind. This task includes: |
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Friction In this task, students will form a hypothesis and conduct an experiment about the weight of a block and the number of washers it takes underneath to be able to move it across various surfaces. This task includes: |
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German or English In this task, students must determine if a blank line of text is more likely to be German or English. This task includes: |
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Get Fit Summer In Get Fit Summer students' current fitness scores will be evaluated for a fitness component and they will then set a realistic goal score and describe how certain activities will help achieve goal. This task includes:
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