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How Can I Win a Game of Flashlight Tag?

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Kindergarten
Physical Science
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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
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How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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Ouch! I Need a Bandage: Designing, Constructing, and Packaging a Bandage

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Engineering Design
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Where Does the Water Go? Calculating a Neighborhood Water Footprint

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Grade 8
Engineering Design
Sustainability
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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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Grade 4
Engineering Design
What is Our Evidence That We Live On A Changing Earth?
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What Is Our Evidence That We Live on a Changing Earth?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

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Grade 3
Engineering Design
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What's the Code? Coding Robot Movements Using Sound

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Engineering Design
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How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?

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Grade 3
Physical Science
Curriculum

How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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Grade 4
Physical Science
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How Would You Design a Lighthouse?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design