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Action Figure
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In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.
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Supporting Structures
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In this activity about living things and gravity (page 5 of PDF), learners design and build an exoskeleton or an endoskeleton for an animal of their own invention.
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Rippin' Rockets
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to conduct a series of experiments using a balloon, drinking straw, and paper.
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Wingin' It
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Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.
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Breathing Machine
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In this activity, learners work in teams to construct human lung models from small plastic beverage bottles and balloons.
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The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.
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Comparing Sizes of Microorganisms
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In this activity related to microbes, learners create scale models of microorganisms and compare relative sizes of common bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa using metric measures: meters, centimete