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Activity
Curated OER

Mini pinatas loot bags

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create mini pinata loot bags. In this pinata lesson, students take three balloons and cover them with flour, water, and tissue paper. They cut off the bottom to fill them and cover the opening. 
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Agent Pincher: The Case of the Ufo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes when people first try to use money from another country, they feel like they are playing with toy...
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Activity
PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Toy Sleds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students experiment with different materials and objects to make a sled that will slide down the ramps.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Maglev Trains

For Students 9th - 10th
Prof. Eric Hellstrom of the lab's Applied Superconductivity Center uses a toy train to demonstrate magnetic levitation, the Meissner Effect and magnetic flux trapping. [6:30]