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Now that you've been exploring how materials, shapes, and forces affect dams, it's time to put your ideas together in a dam you design and build. Think BIG!

Your Challenge:
Design and build a dam that blocks a river in a tub of wet sand using any or all of these materials:

  • popsicle sticks
  • aquarium gravel
  • 1/4-cup modeling clay


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