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How Fast Do Ants Go?

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High schoolers make discoveries about some important aspects of biology as a science. They study basic science precepts such as communication specificity, designing procedures to test theories by designing an experiment that tests the speed of ants.

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Grade
9th - 12th
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Science
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3 days
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