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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Pop Fly

For Students 3rd - 8th
Design a way to launch ping pong balls high into the air, test it, and make changes if needed.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Paper Table

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use your creativity to design and build a paper table, at least 8 inches tall, that is strong enough to hold a heavy book. Challenge your friends to see whose table can hold the most weight.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Launch It

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use a balloon to build an air-powered rocket and launch it to see if you can hit a target.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Indoor Slingshot

For Students 3rd - 8th
Build your own launchers to play carnival-style games using things like toilet paper rolls and rubber bands.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: String Puppet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your own puppets that move, bend, and twist at your command simply using straws and fishing string.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 4 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own 4-wheel balloon cars with simple household items and race them across the floor.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 2 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Marshmallow Blaster

For Students K - 1st
Shoot marshmallows across the room with your own Marshmallow Blaster.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Unpoppable Balloon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you run a stick through a balloon without popping it? See if you can make this un-poppable ballon?
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Bubbles: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students collect data to determine what happens to the sizes of bubbles when glycerin is added to dish detergent. They will practice their measuring skills and have fun at the same time.
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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope: The Journey Begins

For Students 3rd - 8th
Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.
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Professional Doc
Other

Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania State University

Penn State University: Embryology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.
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Website
Other

Kiddy House: All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.
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Interactive
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel: Human Body Systems Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the different human body systems? This site features information on each of the different systems. Students and teachers will benefit from this comprehensive resource.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Educator's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Pixar in a Box is designed to help students answer an age old question: "Why do I need to learn this stuff?" Our answer is found in a series of interactive lessons that demonstrate that the very same concepts that students learn in...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformations on a Pegboard

For Students 3rd - 5th
This one page website can expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge. The solution is available to double check your answers.