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Crustal Sinking This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of the Stucture of the Eath System. Students must examine the relationship between Earth's Crust and the mantle by conducting an experiment in which they measure the rate at which a test tube sinks into "goo". This task includes: |
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Cut Out Conflict In Cut Out Conflict students will demonstrate conflict resolution skills (verbal and nonverbal) and explain how community resources may help resolve conflict. This task includes:
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Dad’s Cookies In Dad’s Cookies, students are asked to figure out how many cookies Dad baked for the family before they ate them all. The key concepts are fractions and addition. This task includes:
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Daffodils & Tulips In the Daffodils & Tulips task, students in different parts of the world qwill plant bulbs together and collect data on various parameters (latitude, longitude, sunlight, temperature etc.) and track when they blossom. Classrooms around the world will choose Daffodil and/or Tulip bulbs to plant during the same week in November. Students will be asked to collect temperature data throughout the experiment and report to the group – in addition they will report when the blooms appear etc. The project can be as involved or as simple as the class needs it to be. |
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Daffodils and Tulips In this task, students around the world will plant either tulips of daffodils, record data, and compare when they bloom. This task includes: |
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Dancing Art In Dancing Art students will choreograph and perform a dance based on one of two works of arts (visual). This task includes:
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Day Out In this task, students must answer questions regarding survey results of where to go for a field trip. This task includes: |
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Dear "Stressed and Depressed" In Dear "Stressed and Depressed" students will identify healthy stress management strategies and how they are used to relieve stress; identify signs of depression and describe how community resources may help. This task includes:
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Density In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must conduct an experiment to observe how density will affect an object's ability to float in water. This task includes: |
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Density In this task, students will design and construct a boat out of tin foil to hold as many washers as possible. This task includes: |
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