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What Is This Month's Theme For Groovy Lab in a Box?
Shake it Up
Shake It Up: Engineering Design Challenge - A Lesson in Earthquakes : You are a groovy earthquake engineer who has been contracted by the city of Los Angeles. Using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build the tallest skyscraper that can withstand the next BIG quake? During your ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS, you will investigate what causes earthquakes while constructing a groovy seismograph and shake table. You will explore S and P waves, fault planes, famous earthquake-proof structures around the world, and much, much more!Emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
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This box is for children ages 8 and up.
As always, the "Shake It Up" box will have a Groovy Lab Notebook where your kids can read about the investigations and Engineering Design Challenge. Plus, all subscribers get access to the Beyond...in a Box web portal for additional groovy learning and STEM fun.
Be sure to start your subscription today so you can receive "Shakeitup" before it ships on January 29.
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