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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Pepper and Soap Experiment
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Pepper and Soap Experiment
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.
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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Ripening Avocados
Ripening Avocados
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Ripening Avocados
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.
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Ripening Avocados
Ripening Avocados
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Ripening Avocados
In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Horse Memory
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Horse Memory
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.
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Horse Memory
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Horse Memory
Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat
Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Second Grade
Earth and Space Science
Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!
Second Grade
Earth and Space Science
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Pre-K
Physical Science
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
Pre-K
Physical Science
Worksheet
Lab Safety Dress Up #3
Lab Safety Dress Up #3
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Lab Safety Dress Up #3
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Prepare students for an upcoming science lab with this helpful worksheet!
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Lab Safety Dress Up #3
Lab Safety Dress Up #3
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Lab Safety Dress Up #3
Prepare students for an upcoming science lab with this helpful worksheet!
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths
In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Robot Obstacle Course
Robot Obstacle Course
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Robot Obstacle Course
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.
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Robot Obstacle Course
Robot Obstacle Course
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Robot Obstacle Course
This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
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The Speed of Sound on a String
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
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The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
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The Speed of Sound on a String
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
Activity
Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?
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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What Are the Layers of the Earth?
What Are the Layers of the Earth?
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What Are the Layers of the Earth?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.
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What Are the Layers of the Earth?
What Are the Layers of the Earth?
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What Are the Layers of the Earth?
Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.
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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?
In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
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What Is an Algorithm?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.
Lesson Plan
What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
Lesson Plan
What Is an Algorithm?
In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Life-Size Maze
Life-Size Maze
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Life-Size Maze
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will create a set of instructions for navigating a life-size maze.
Lesson Plan
Life-Size Maze
Life-Size Maze
Lesson Plan
Life-Size Maze
In this lesson, students will create a set of instructions for navigating a life-size maze.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Crystal Wonderland
Crystal Wonderland
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Crystal Wonderland
First Grade
Measurement
The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.
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Crystal Wonderland
Crystal Wonderland
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Crystal Wonderland
The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.
First Grade
Measurement
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How to Make A Thermometer
How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Second Grade
Measurement
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
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How to Make A Thermometer
How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
Second Grade
Measurement
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