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Pumpkin Catapults

Keywords:

Autumn, Catapult, Engineering, Featured, Halloween, Holiday, physics, STEM Challenge, Thanksgiving

Grade Levels:

K-2, 3-4, 5-6, Middle/Junior High, High School

Standards:

Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, Other

Disciplines:

Engineering, Physical Science

Type:

Document

File Type:

Adobe PDF (.pdf)

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Keywords: Autumn, Catapult, Engineering, Featured, Halloween, Holiday, physics, STEM Challenge, Thanksgiving

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