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OF2 - Our Footprints, Our Future In this task, students will use online resources to measure their carbon footprint and discover ways to lessen their carbon usage. This task includes: |
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Ocean Bottom Profile In this task, students will examine and interpret a map of the ocean floor. This task includes: |
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Oil Spill In this task, students will chose an absorbant material to attempt seperating an oil and water mixture. This task includes: |
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One Day in the Life In this task, students will document aspects of their daily lives, or vacations, through essays and photographs. This task includes: |
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Open Ended Math Problems In this task, teachers will be intructed on how to implement open ended math problems in their teaching. This task includes: |
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Opposition to the Philippine-American War This task assesses students’ ability to use evidence to support a historical argument. Students are presented with two documents that provide different perspectives on the war in the Philippines. Students are then asked to explain how each of these disparate accounts supports the same historical conclusion: many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Origami Project In this task, students will learn patience by constructing Origami artwork. This task includes: |
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Ostrich Llama Count In Ostrich Llama Count students are given the combined number of heads and legs of ostriches and llamas. Using that information they are asked to explain how Raul and Esteban might have figured out how many ostriches and llamas there were. The key concepts are logical/algebraic reasoning and possibly systems of equations. This task includes:
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Out of This World In this task, students will will answer the question, "What one lesson would you want to teach the world?" by creating a world inspired by The Little Prince. This task includes: |
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Paper Chromatography In this task, students will design an experiment to identify mixtures of inks. This task includes: |
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