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Saving Water: One Drop At A Time In this task, students will create a brochure and multimedia presentation after taking part in various activities about the importance of water conservation. This task includes: |
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Slide or Fried? In this task, students will work together to conduct experiments about how dangerous playground equipment can be on a hot day, and present their findings to the Parks and Recreation Commission. This task includes: |
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Slip Sliding Away In this task, students will explore geologic phenomenons and apply their knowledge to real life situations. This task includes: |
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Spiders, Good Guys, or Bad Guys? In this task, students will experience interactive activities that will explain the place spiders have in ecosystems to alleviate the fear surrounding them based off of misunderstandings. They will work in groups to create a commercial to present their findings and reasonings to other students. This task includes: |
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Strike Up The Band In this task, students will explore the variables that effect an instrument's volume and pitch in order to create their own. This task includes: |
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The Next Avatar In this task, students will act as a design team for a movie studio and design a new organism and habitat for an upcoming science fiction movie. This task includes: |
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Unknown Cleanup in Aisle 5 In this task, students will work together to identify and classify unknown substances in order to come up with a way to transport them. This task includes: |
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Upside Down, All Around, You Turn Me In this task, students will design a roller coaster using the concept of gravity and Newton's Laws. This task includes: |
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We Get by with a Little Help from Our....Machines! In this task, students will work together to create a machine that will help someone with a disability perform an every day task. This task includes: |
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What's On Your Shelf? In this task, students will research the presence of acids and bases in objects they use everyday, and the implications. This task includes: |
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