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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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Pulse In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must determine a base pulse rate, and then continue to observe and record the pulse rate during various activities and over time. They must then describe and explain their observations. This task includes: |
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Pulse In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must determine a base pulse rate, and then continue to observe and record the pulse rate during various activities and over time. They must then describe and explain their observations. This task includes: |
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Reaction Rates In this task, students must measure and graph results between temperature and the reaction rate of a mixture. This task includes: |
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Reading, Mathematics, and Science Questions The Reading, Mathematics, and Science Questions include an introduction, 17 reading units, 50 mathematic units, and 34 science units released from the 2000, 2003, and 2006 PISA assessments. The assessments focuses on students' abilities to use their knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges, rather than merely on the extent to which they have mastered a specific school curriculum. This task includes:
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Risky Business This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: Students will learn about lifestyle and genetic influences on health status and about the health insurance system in the United States. They will imagine a future healthcare environment in which technology has greatly advanced, treatment costs have escalated, and individual lifestyle and medical data are widely available to insurers. In this scenario, insurance companies routinely use this kind of information to create programs aimed at improving health outcomes, set insurance rates, approve or deny applications for health insurance, and reduce healthcare expenses. |
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Rolling Down Hill In this task, students must record and graph data collected from rolling a marble down a ramp. This task includes: |
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Rubber Band In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students will experiment with what happened to the length of a rubber band when rings are repeatedly added. This task includes: |
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Safety First This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: This unit focuses on the causes of workplace injuries and the consequences for workers, employers, and society as a whole. Students will investigate the biological and physical basis for injury on the job, regulations governing the work environment in the United States, and how public and government perception of who is responsible for work-related injuries has changed through history. |
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