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Sports Bag In this task, students must design a sports bag and calculate the amount of material needed. This task includes: |
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Sports Weigh In Sports Weigh In involves logical reasoning to determine how much each kind of ball weighs. The arithmetic requirements are minimal: doubling, halving, and subtracting of relatively small numbers. This task includes:
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Square In this task, students must prove that points on a graph are the corners of a square. This task includes: |
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Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through US History In this task, students will participate in a Socratic seminar to determine 16 of the most influential and important U.S. historical events. Once chosen, students will create a "wormhole" to experience these events and create a visual representation about what they went through. This task includes: |
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Starch and Sugar Testing 1 In this task, students will determine if sugar and starch are in unknown mixtures. This task includes: |
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Starch and Sugar Testing 2 In this task, students will determine if starch and sugar are present in mixtures. This task includes: |
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Stippling Self Portraits In this task, students will learn the artistic technique of stippling by practicing on various materials before creating a self portrait. This task includes: |
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Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke In Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke students will use reliable sources to describe negative health effects of second-hand smoke and the regions of the body effected. This task includes:
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Submarine Density Project In this task, students will contruct a small scale submarine to explore the relationship between density, mass, and volume. This task includes: |
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Sugar Prices In this task, students must examine a graph depicting the weight and price of sugar bags and determine which is the most cost efficient one. This task includes: |
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