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Students participate in an actiivity that focuses on problem-solving and how things become more challenging, solutions need to be adapted. Students find a partner who is approximately their same size, preferably creating pairs of adult and youth. Students identify with difficult challenges that are sometimes faced.

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Grade
3rd - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Simulation

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