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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.
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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane
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Cell Membrane
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.
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Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane
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Cell Membrane
In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Heat Transfer Experiment
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Heat Transfer Experiment
Second Grade
Measurement
This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.
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Heat Transfer Experiment
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Heat Transfer Experiment
This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.
Second Grade
Measurement
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Amazing Aerodynamics
Amazing Aerodynamics
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Amazing Aerodynamics
Third Grade
Physical Science
This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.
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Amazing Aerodynamics
Amazing Aerodynamics
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Amazing Aerodynamics
This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
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Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!
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Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
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Gymnosperms: Pine Cone Experiment
Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What is a Wedge?
What is a Wedge?
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What is a Wedge?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.
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What is a Wedge?
What is a Wedge?
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What is a Wedge?
What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Tangential Velocity and Circular Motion Experiment
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Tangential Velocity and Circular Motion Experiment
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.
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Tangential Velocity and Circular Motion Experiment
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Tangential Velocity and Circular Motion Experiment
In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Understanding Absorption
Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Third Grade
Life Science
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
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Understanding Absorption
Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
Third Grade
Life Science
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Third-Class Levers in the Human Body
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Third-Class Levers in the Human Body
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!
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Third-Class Levers in the Human Body
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Third-Class Levers in the Human Body
Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How Does Frost Form?
How Does Frost Form?
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How Does Frost Form?
Third Grade
Measurement
How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.
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How Does Frost Form?
How Does Frost Form?
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How Does Frost Form?
How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.
Third Grade
Measurement
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Water Soluble Science
Water Soluble Science
Lesson Plan
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Water Soluble Science
First Grade
Physical Science
Your students will enjoy this hands on lesson where they make simple solutions and mixtures. They will have an opportunity to predict and observe solids that dissolve in water.
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Water Soluble Science
Water Soluble Science
Lesson Plan
Water Soluble Science
Your students will enjoy this hands on lesson where they make simple solutions and mixtures. They will have an opportunity to predict and observe solids that dissolve in water.
First Grade
Physical Science
Lesson Plan
What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
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What Is an Algorithm?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.
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What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
Lesson Plan
What Is an Algorithm?
In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
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Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!
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Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
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Animal Vision: Ocelli, Compound Eyes, and Camera Eyes
In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.
Third 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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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
Second Grade
Physical Science
How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Conductor or Insulator
Conductor or Insulator
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Conductor or Insulator
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.
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Conductor or Insulator
Conductor or Insulator
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Conductor or Insulator
This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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One-Man Drinking Glass Band
One-Man Drinking Glass Band
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One-Man Drinking Glass Band
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project, waves of vibrations are experimented with using water in glasses.
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One-Man Drinking Glass Band
One-Man Drinking Glass Band
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One-Man Drinking Glass Band
In this project, waves of vibrations are experimented with using water in glasses.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Conductor or Insulator?
Conductor or Insulator?
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Conductor or Insulator?
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.
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Conductor or Insulator?
Conductor or Insulator?
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Conductor or Insulator?
This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Musical Glasses
Musical Glasses
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Musical Glasses
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.
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Musical Glasses
Musical Glasses
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Musical Glasses
In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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A Rocky Quiz
A Rocky Quiz
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A Rocky Quiz
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.
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A Rocky Quiz
A Rocky Quiz
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A Rocky Quiz
Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Dig This: Biodegradation
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Dig This: Biodegradation
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Dig This: Biodegradation
How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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