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Rooted and Growing: Kindergarten Science Unit: Objects and Materials [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A collection of science lessons where young scholars explore the characteristics of different materials and everyday objects and create their own objects and art. They study the properties of the materials that make them strong,...
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Article
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Fast Company: Improving the Everyday: 8 Useful Objects That Need Fixing

For Students 2nd - 8th
Some designers offer their ideas about everyday objects that they think need to be improved, things like plastic furniture, the shopping cart, the clothesline, and a hammer and nail.
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Oxo: Behind the Design of the New Oxo Pop Containers

For Students 2nd - 8th
This article describes the process by which an engineer at OXO looked at design, size, and variety when he redesigned OXO's line of POP containers.