Science

Science (X) - Middle (X)

Gravity Maze

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It’s a maze game. It’s a marble game. Actually, it’s a gravity-powered logic maze game that builds reasoning skills and visual perception. The best part is – it’s fun to play and learn! Use the challenge cards to strategically place towers and create a path for your marble to reach the target.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Computer Science
Play Time: 
15 min.
Gravity Maze

Roller Coaster Challenge

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In this thrilling engineering challenge, players get to build their very own roller coasters. Start by choosing a challenge card and setting up the pieces to match. Then, players use the remaining pieces to build a working roller coaster that meets the build conditions on their challenge card.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Roller Coaster Challenge

Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species

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Copies: 6

Decades of commercial whaling nearly decimated a variety of species of whales. These intriguing animals, which capture humans' imagination, are a keystone species. They and other keystone species are indicators of the overall health of Earth's habitats. While whales have made a comeback through an international ban on commercial whaling, they are still threatened with extinction. In fact, two whale species - the Cook Inlet beluga whale and the Southern Resident killer whale - are endangered.

Lexile: 
1150L
Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species

Two Truths and a Lie

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Copies: 6

Two Truths and a Lie is the first book in a fascinating new series that presents some of the most crazy-but-true stories about the living world as well as a handful of stories that are too crazy to be true—and asks readers to separate facts from fakes!

Lexile: 
1010L
Two Truths and a Lie

Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

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Copies: 6

"It's a whole new world. It's a planet I think everyone has tried to imagine."

Lexile: 
940L
Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem

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Copies: 6

In Elkhorn Slough, an inlet on the California coast, seagrass grows healthy and strong in the shallow water, providing homes for fish, preventing erosion, and trapping carbon from the environment.

This healthy seagrass baffled marine biologist Brent Hughes. Water in the slough is chock-full of nutrients from fertilizer runoff on nearby farms. Normally, nutrient-polluted water supports huge population of algae that block sunlight from reaching the seagrass, and the seagrass dies. Why has the slough's seagrass thriving?

Lexile: 
1060L
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem

Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest

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Copies: 6

Because it is home to anacondas weighing over three hundred pounds, Goliath birdeater tarantulas with a leg span the size of your face, and electric eels who have enough voltage to stun a horse, you might think the Amazon is a place that can cause more harm than good. But you'd be wrong...

Considered the "lungs of the world," the Amazon provides a full fifth of the world's oxygen, and every year unsustainable human practices destroy 2.7 million acres of it. What can be done to help? That's where Project Piaba comes in.

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Lexile: 
1050L
Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest

When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World

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Copies: 6

Simon Winchester is an avid weather watcher. He’s scanned the skies in Oklahoma, waiting for the ominous “finger” of a tornado to touch the Earth. He’s hunkered down in Hong Kong when typhoon warning signals went up. He’s visited the world’s hottest and wettest places, reported on fierce whirlpools, and sailed around South Africa looking for freak winds and waves.

He knows about the worst weather in the world.

Lexile: 
1180L
When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World

Science Comics: Dogs, From Predator to Protector

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Copies: 6

How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.

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Science Comics: Dogs, From Predator to Protector

Breakout Edu Kit

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The Breakout EDU kit includes everything you need to play over 350 games created for the classroom environment. The kit includes access to the new BreakoutEdu Platform to be used while using the kit.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Middle
High
Professional
Content Area: 
ELA
Math
Social Studies
Science
Fine Arts
Health/Phys. Ed.
LOTE
Computer Science
Special Education
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
ELL
Library
Other
Play Time: 
30 min.
Breakout Edu Kit

Dolphins: Voices in the Ocean

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Copies: 6

Dive into the fascinating world of dolphins in the spiritual and scientific exploration of the beloved sea creatures. Inspired by an encounter with a pod of spinner dolphins off the coast of Maui, author Susan Casey embarked on a two-year global adventure to study these remarkable beings.

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Lexile: 
1070L
Dolphins: Voices in the Ocean

Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

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Copies: 6

Asteroids bombard our atmosphere all the time. Some are harmless, burning up completely in a flash of light, or breaking into bits of rock that scatter on the earth. But others explode in the sky with a great sonic boom, smashing windows and throwing people to the ground. Worst of all, some asteroids strike our planet head-on, blasting out massive craters and destroying everything nearby on impact.

Lexile: 
1070L
Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

Visitor in Blackwood Grove

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A spacecraft crashes in Blackwood Grove, and the Kid is the only one watching. Federal Agents hunt down the signal, but no one can get near the craft due to its crushing forcefield. Why can some objects pass through it, but others are repelled?

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
10 min.
Visitor in Blackwood Grove

Butterfly Puzzle

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5-layer puzzle showing the development of a butterfly from caterpillar through the various stages.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
5 min.
Butterfly Puzzle

Planetarium

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Matter swirls around a new born star, coalescing on the planetoids that orbit it. Planets evolve, grow and migrate in their orbits, forming a unique solar system by the end of every game. Planetarium is a game of creation, chaos and terraforming on the grandest scale.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
45 min.
Planetarium

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