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Science Activities Grades 9-12 |
 Yellow Jackie (Grade 4-12) "You
hired on as crew to help sail a yacht across half the Pacific. Now, two weeks later, in
the aftermath of a gale 500 miles from land, You find something new added to your job
description...Detective. Read the interactive mystery
--unravel the science-based clues -- enter your answer -- find out if you're right!" If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out,
write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you came to your
conclusions.
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 Angry Red
Planet (Grade 6-12) "When you volunteered to help oversee the
simulated spaceflight to mars, everyone warned you that the job would be boring. Of
course that was befire the oxygen started getting low.... read this story and figure out
what happened. If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, open a Word
document and write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you came to
your conclusions.
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   Croak (Grades 6-12) "New town. New job. Tough boss. And suddenly
it's up to you to find out why extinction threatens the celebrated frogs in the town park.
Read the interactive mystery - unravel the science-based clues - email us your answer -
find out if you're right!" If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, open a Word
document and write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you came to
your conclusions.
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 Arctica (Grades 9-12)
"Flashback: March 1834. Madness strikes the stranded
Arctica polar expedition. Inside a cramped camp tent, men babble and walk aimlessly around
dead bodies on the floor. One man huddles in a corner clutching his precious journals to
his chest. Flash forward: It' s winter. Inside the modern workboat Lady Jane, three
people examine these same journals. After 163 years of silence, broken only by rumors of
cannibalism and madness, they are determined to learn exactly what happened." If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, open
a Word document and write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you
came to your conclusions.
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 River of Venom (Grades
7-12) "They set up a lab deep in the Amazon rainforest. They wanted to make
"killer" bees less deadly. What they didn't want was to start a rampage.
A scientist at the brink of death. A researcher in agony with hundreds of
stings. And you're stuck in the middle. Can you find the way out?" If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, open a
Word document and write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you came
to your conclusions.
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 The Blackout Syndrome (Grades
7-12) "A mother rushes to the hospital.
Her child is bleeding uncontrollably from the eyes, hands and mouth. Where did this
mysterious disease come from? What is it? And how can it be stopped?" Look at the clues and solve this medical mystery. If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, open a
Word document and write a short paragraph about what your conclusions are and how you came
to your conclusions.
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The Particle Adventure (Grades 8-12) This is an "interactive tour of quarks,
neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, dark matter, accelerators and particle
detectors." Use the navigation buttons to wind your way through this online
exhibit.
 Discuss
with your teacher possible assignments.
If your teacher wants you to write down what you found out, write a
paper about what you found out.
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| HowStuffWorks.com (Grades 3-12)
Choose something you are interested in from this site and read about how it works. Open a
Word document and write several paragraphs about how the thing you chose works.
 Save your
Word doument to a disk and print a copy to turn in. 
From How Stuff
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