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Baffling Bacteria
Students determine when bacteria would outweigh them, if it were left to double every 20 minutes.

Bridges
Students are given the first three bridge designs and determine the 10th bridge design, noticing patterns and making generalizations.

Charmin® Choices
Students determine which toilet tissue is the better buy.

Choose a Challenger
Students analyze their peers' physical education test scores to determine who would be the best choice to compete in their school-wide Olympic events.

Dear Betty
Students compare two fruit snack products.

Fitness
Students analyze their physical education fitness scores and draw conclusions.

Greener Grass
Students determine the better buy when re-turfing a football field.

Leaves
Students compare the area of two leaves.

Planning Ahead
Students investigate the characteristics of past presidents to determine which candidate is more statistically likely to win the upcoming presidential election.

Runners' Dilemma
Two friends are running at different speeds. Students determine when one will catch up with the other.

Staircase Dilemma
Students predict the number of blocks required to build a staircase and to find a pattern.

Swinging Time
Students conduct an investigation to determine the slowest beat that could be produced by a metronome made with 60 centimeters of string.

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