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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 Food We Eat In this task, students will plan a days worth of meals after consulting and examining the food pyramid. This task includes: |
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The Nutritional Content of Food In this task, students will test whether or not the food samples contain protein or starch. This task includes: |
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Threads In this task, students will observe and make comparisons between burning thread. This task includes: |
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Tree Study This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Tools, Trends, and Bias. Students must measure leaves and record and analyze their data in order to formulate questions that could aid in understanding the trends, patterns, and inaccuracies in their measurements. This task includes: |
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Unknown Liquids In this task, students will design and carry out an experiment to decide which of the two given solutions is more dense. This task includes: |
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Velocity This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Motions and Forces. Students must determine the average speed, by using the averages, that a toy car travels for three different distances. This task includes: |
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Vitamin C Testing In this task, students will determine which of three beverages contains the most vitamin C. This task includes: |
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Water Pollution In this task, students will determine the pH of four samples of water and then neutralize them. This task includes: |
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Water Regulation In this task, students will examine graphs about paramecia behavior under various conditions. This task includes: |
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