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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will learn the term "troubleshooting" and practice solving problems using both tangible and virtual tools.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Lesson Plan
Troubleshooting
In this lesson, students will learn the term "troubleshooting" and practice solving problems using both tangible and virtual tools.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
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The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem and practice troubleshooting as they create a list of instructions for putting together a tent.
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The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
Lesson Plan
The Mystery of the Missing Instructions
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem and practice troubleshooting as they create a list of instructions for putting together a tent.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Worksheet
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Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Make sure your young scientists stay safe as they conduct experiments!
Worksheet
Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Worksheet
Spot the Lab Safety Problems
Make sure your young scientists stay safe as they conduct experiments!
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
Survival Skills
Survival Skills
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Survival Skills
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.
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Survival Skills
Survival Skills
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Survival Skills
Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
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Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.
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Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
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Building Brick Challenge: Find the Perfect Fit
This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
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Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.
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Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
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Building Brick Challenge: Make a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid
In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Read a Thermometer
Read a Thermometer
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Read a Thermometer
Second Grade
Measurement
Learn to read a standard thermometer in both Fahrenheit and Celsius in this informative second- and third-grade worksheet! 
Worksheet
Read a Thermometer
Read a Thermometer
Worksheet
Read a Thermometer
Learn to read a standard thermometer in both Fahrenheit and Celsius in this informative second- and third-grade worksheet! 
Second Grade
Measurement
Worksheet
Pineapple Enzyme
Pineapple Enzyme
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Pineapple Enzyme
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.
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Pineapple Enzyme
Pineapple Enzyme
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Pineapple Enzyme
Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
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.
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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
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
Activity
Melting Ice Experiment
Melting Ice Experiment
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Melting Ice Experiment
Third Grade
Measurement
How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.
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Melting Ice Experiment
Melting Ice Experiment
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Melting Ice Experiment
How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.
Third Grade
Measurement
Activity
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
Activity
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
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Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.
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Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
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Mylar vs. Latex Balloons
Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
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Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!
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Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
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Does Opening A Fruit Up Cause it to Rot Faster?
Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
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Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.
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Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
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Where Did the Ladybug Get Her Spots?
This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
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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Magic Glass of Water
Magic Glass of Water
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Magic Glass of Water
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.
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Magic Glass of Water
Magic Glass of Water
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Magic Glass of Water
Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
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Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.
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Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
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Do Women Have a Better Sense of Smell?
Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Counting Tree Rings
Counting Tree Rings
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Counting Tree Rings
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.
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Counting Tree Rings
Counting Tree Rings
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Counting Tree Rings
Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
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Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.
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Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
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Does Adding Salt to Pasta make it Cook Faster?
Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
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The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.
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The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
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The Scratch Test: Testing a Rock's Hardness
This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Streak Test
Streak Test
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Streak Test
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
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Streak Test
Streak Test
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Streak Test
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
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Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...
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Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
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Soil Electrical Conductivity: Earthy Energy
Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Feeding Plants
Feeding Plants
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Feeding Plants
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.
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Feeding Plants
Feeding Plants
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Feeding Plants
This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Shapes of Leaves
Shapes of Leaves
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Shapes of Leaves
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.
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Shapes of Leaves
Shapes of Leaves
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Shapes of Leaves
This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
The Wonderful World of Weeds
The Wonderful World of Weeds
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The Wonderful World of Weeds
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.
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The Wonderful World of Weeds
The Wonderful World of Weeds
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The Wonderful World of Weeds
This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
A Thunderous Sound
A Thunderous Sound
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A Thunderous Sound
Second Grade
Physical Science
Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?
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A Thunderous Sound
A Thunderous Sound
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A Thunderous Sound
Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?
Second Grade
Physical Science
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