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Bridging Communication

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Students investigate how to create drawings using a word processing program. They examine the use of draw tools in Microsoft Word. They combine drawing with the patterns they made for a truss bridge projects. They follow the teacher's lead to make different shapes and to use Word Art features.

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6th - 8th
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STEM
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