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Uncorking Work Problems

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Explore the concept of work with your class, using bottles, water, and corks to calculate work, while using the formula work = rate x time. Middle schoolers conduct multiple experiments, timing how long it takes for water to drain out of the bottle, to see if their math resulted in a reasonable answer.

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work, rates, rational expressions, time

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6th - 8th
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Math
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