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Making Metals Strong
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In this activity, learners demonstrate the effects of cold-working (strain-hardening) and annealing. Learners discover that these processes change the load that a wire can support.

Composites
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In this activity, learners explore how composites work by creating and testing their own composite for an imaginary company.

How Many Pennies?
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In this activity (pages 13-14), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.

Stretching Wires
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In this activity, learners determine the elastic and plastic properties of different types of metal wires.