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Fruit Pies In this task, students must calculate the maximum pies possible out of the given amount of supplies. This task includes: |
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Gaga Pit In this task, students will become carpenters and create their own play arena for the Israeili game "Gaga", which is similar to dodgeball. This task includes: |
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Golden Rectangles In this task, students must determine the largest area of land that can be plotted in a field and answer accompanying questions. This task includes: |
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Got Luck? In this task, students will create the games line-up for one night of a PTO hosted week of games nights to boost community involvement. This task includes: |
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Heat Retention This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Heat Transfer. Students must test, measure, and graph their findings to determine which of four substances would be the best as a heat mass. This task includes: |
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Height of Bounce This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Motions and Forces. Students must determine a relationship between the height at which a ping pong ball bounces and the height from which it was dropped. This task includes: |
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Hot Under the Collar In this task, students must convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit. This task includes: |
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Ice Cream In this task, students must calculate the quantity of ice cream to buy as well as the expected profit. This task includes: |
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Ice Melting This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of the Transfer of Energy. Students must design a way to investigate whether various materials can prevent heat gain in frozen water. This task includes: |
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In Bartering for Bananas In Bartering for Bananas, students are asked to find how many bananas Byron can get with his five fish. This task includes:
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