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Taxi Cabs In this task, students must calculate the minimum amount of taxis needed for a large party that will cost the least. This task includes: |
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Technology through the Ages In this task students will use appropriate historical research practices to write an analysis of how a technological change that occurred in history impacts our lives today. They may also create a presentation. This task includes: |
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Temperature and Enzymes In this task, students will experiment with mixing rennin and milk. This task includes: |
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Temple Geometry In this task, students will examine and solve geometrical puzzles. This task includes: |
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Testing Foods In this task, students must explore the amounts of oil in various foods. This task includes: |
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Testing a New Drug In this task, students will design an experiment to test experimental drugs and write a report to send to an approval committee. This task includes: |
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The (Virtual) Sky is the Limit In this senior mathematics task, students will simply create an awesome computer program. There are no limits to what this program can contain. This task includes: |
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The Bike Tour In this task, students will create a 10+ mile bike route in San Marcos and map out a route that passes historical sights and points of interest. The students will then ride their collaboratively created bike path. This task includes: |
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The Blizzard of 1993 This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must analyze a barograph from a winter storm in 1993. This task includes: |
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The Blood Bank Project In this task, students will work in pairs on a collaboration with the San Diego Blood Bank and create a painting and video artistic representation of a researched blood disease. This task includes: |
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