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ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños In the ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños task, students will share their home and/or school garden experiences and learn about how the agricultural methods of the Incan people of Peru can guide them in developing their own sustainable gardening practices. This task includes four possible classroom activities. |
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Batteries and Bulbs - Brightness Meter In this task, students will create circuits to test various bulb brightnesses. This task includes: |
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Batteries and Bulbs - Home - Embedded Assessment #2 In this task, students will create multiple circuits to test various bulb brightnesses. This task includes: |
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Batteries and Bulbs - Motors - Embedded Assessment #1 In this task, students will have to determine which way a battery is facing inside of a box. This task includes: |
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Batteries and Bulbs - Mystery Boxes In this task, students will determine the electrical contents of six mystery boxes. This assessment is the final for the unit. This task includes: |
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Bugs In this task, students will conduct an experiment using sow bugs. This task includes: |
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CIVICS The CIVICS task serves as a platform for young people to be actively involved in their communities. Groups of students will be guided to work around Millennium Development Goals focusing issues like environment, eradication of poverty, women education, education and literacy. Students will plan action projects and respond some of these issues through a process of reflection, dialogue and action. This task includes several possible classroom activities. |
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Connecting Math to Our Lives In the Connecting Math to Our Lives task, students will explore how math is used in their communities and take action to promote greater equity in the world around them. This task includes several possible projects and classroom activities. |
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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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Daytime Astronomy In this task, students will solve location problems by mapping the path the sun takes from sunrise to sunset. This task includes: |
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