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Brain Injury

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Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.

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eggs, the brain

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brain, eggs, helmet, protection, health
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K - 6th
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Health
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