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Imagine what someone else needs to have fun. If you wanted to design a vehicle for a mermaid, what would it be? What would you need? How about a spaceship for a dragon? Will you take your pets in a rocket ship? Get creative and design a space to meet someone else’s needs. How can […]

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There are some big problems in the world like hunger, climate change, extreme poverty, and inequities. Why does that affect you? These problems impact people around the world, your community, and you. We need to work together as a community to solve the big problems in the world. It’s so important that the United Nations […]

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