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Rain Drops In this task, students will test and examine water droplets on various materials commonly used on buildings. This task includes: |
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Rate of Solution In this task, students will experiment with how much agitation is required to dissolve sugar particles. This task includes: |
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Reaction Rates In this task, students will observe and graph their results of the relationship between temperature and reaction rates of mixtures and then apply their knowledge to additional scenarios. This task includes: |
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River Planning In this task, students will simulate dam construction through an experiment and write about their observations. This task includes: |
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Rubber Band In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students will experiment with what happened to the length of a rubber band when rings are repeatedly added. This task includes: |
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San Diego/Tijuana Crossed Gazes In this task, students will work the "model animation" in creating a short film about others kids' lives on the other side of the border. This task includes: |
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Sand in Bottles In this task, students will determine the speed at which bottles filled with various amounts of sand will roll and then predict the the amount of sand in an unknown bottle. This task includes: |
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Scale Model of the Solar System In This task (in PALM and in PALS), students must create a scale model of the solar system with the given table of planetary distances. This task includes: |
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Seed Growth In this task, students will explore how seed growth is effected by variables. This task includes: |
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Sound Box In this task, students will observe and compare variables of sound boxes. This task includes: |
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