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My Space, My Element In this task, students will create an electronic board game based on the world geography in 1492. This task includes: |
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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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Paper Chromatography In this task, students will design an experiment to identify mixtures of inks. This task includes: |
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Peat Pots This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of the Earth System. Students must observe and calculate the capillarity of soil by observing a peat pot in water. This task includes: |
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Phases of Matter In this task, students will apply previous knowledge about the phases of matter to problems revolving around every day life. This task includes: |
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Predator/Prey Relationship This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Populations of Ecosystems. Students must analyze given population data and write a paragraph demonstrating their underatandings, and then write a proposal to reduce one animal's population. This task includes: |
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Probing Under the Surface This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must measure and record various lengths in order to determine the shape of the bottom inside of a box. This task includes: |
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Puddles and Soil This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students examine the concept of permeability by carrying out an experiment to determine which types of soil produce puddles. This task includes: |
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