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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Paddle Power [Pdf]

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Hands-on challenge to design and build a paddle boat that moves across water using a rubber band as its power source. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering design process and the building of creative projects.

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kinetic energy, potential energy

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creative projects, design process, engineering design process, paddle boat, paddle power, 4-ps3-4, pbs, pbs kids, engineering design process projects

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Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Practice

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