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A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
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A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.
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A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
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A Single Movable Pulley and Mechanical Advantage
Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Examples of Mechanical Weathering
Examples of Mechanical Weathering
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Examples of Mechanical Weathering
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.
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Examples of Mechanical Weathering
Examples of Mechanical Weathering
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Examples of Mechanical Weathering
Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
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Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
Fifth Grade
Measurement
Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.
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Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
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Determining Mold and Mechanical Deterioration Risk for an Artifact Storage Box
Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.
Fifth Grade
Measurement
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design and Build a City
Design and Build a City
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Design and Build a City
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.
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Design and Build a City
Design and Build a City
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Design and Build a City
Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
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STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.
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STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
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STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How to Make a Rubber Band Car
How to Make a Rubber Band Car
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How to Make a Rubber Band Car
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.
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How to Make a Rubber Band Car
How to Make a Rubber Band Car
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How to Make a Rubber Band Car
Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Build a Tunnel
Build a Tunnel
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Build a Tunnel
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.
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Build a Tunnel
Build a Tunnel
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Build a Tunnel
In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!
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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower
In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Wacky Windmill Challenge
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Windmills have been around for generations to grind food and create energy. During this challenge, students will use various materials and put their engineering skills to work by creating their own windmills.
Lesson Plan
Wacky Windmill Challenge
Wacky Windmill Challenge
Lesson Plan
Wacky Windmill Challenge
Windmills have been around for generations to grind food and create energy. During this challenge, students will use various materials and put their engineering skills to work by creating their own windmills.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Simple Machines
Simple Machines
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Simple Machines
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.
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Simple Machines
Simple Machines
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Simple Machines
In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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LEGO Marble Maze
LEGO Marble Maze
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LEGO Marble Maze
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.
Lesson Plan
LEGO Marble Maze
LEGO Marble Maze
Lesson Plan
LEGO Marble Maze
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
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STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.
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STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge Cards
STEM Design Challenge Cards
Worksheet
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STEM Design Challenge Cards
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge Cards
STEM Design Challenge Cards
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge Cards
These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
Bridge Project
Bridge Project
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Bridge Project
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.
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Bridge Project
Bridge Project
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Bridge Project
This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Chair Design Challenge
Chair Design Challenge
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Chair Design Challenge
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.
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Chair Design Challenge
Chair Design Challenge
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Chair Design Challenge
In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
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The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.
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The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
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The Drawbacks of an Optical Mouse
Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Windmill Model Science Project
Windmill Model Science Project
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Windmill Model Science Project
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.
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Windmill Model Science Project
Windmill Model Science Project
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Windmill Model Science Project
In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Eraser Test
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Eraser Test
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.
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Eraser Test
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Eraser Test
Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Making Glass Invisible
Making Glass Invisible
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Making Glass Invisible
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.
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Making Glass Invisible
Making Glass Invisible
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Making Glass Invisible
Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
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Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.
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Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
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Slinky: Metal vs. Plastic
This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Checkerboard Play
Checkerboard Play
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Checkerboard Play
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.
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Checkerboard Play
Checkerboard Play
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Checkerboard Play
Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Robot Dance Party
Robot Dance Party
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Robot Dance Party
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.
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Robot Dance Party
Robot Dance Party
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Robot Dance Party
This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Test Kitchen: Spoons
Test Kitchen: Spoons
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Test Kitchen: Spoons
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.
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Test Kitchen: Spoons
Test Kitchen: Spoons
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Test Kitchen: Spoons
In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Robot Around the Block
Robot Around the Block
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Robot Around the Block
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.
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Robot Around the Block
Robot Around the Block
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Robot Around the Block
This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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