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7) Gotcha!
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Pete is good at playing practical jokes on his friends at camp, but they use science to find a way to pay him back.
10) Hocus focus
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Jack and Gina let the teasing of a classmate stop them from wearing their glasses until a class field trip makes them change their minds.
11) Picky Peggy
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Peggy, who is known for being a picky eater, decides to become "Peggy the bold eater" after learning a lesson from her pet duckling.
12) A slimy story
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When Dan accidentally brings an earthworm to school, he gets a homework assignment that helps him solve a nagging problem--what to give his mother for her birthday.
13) A moldy mystery
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When messy Wayne goes away to camp, his younger brother Jeff throws out some old food containers that he finds in their room, but then he learns that Wayne is working on a science project about mold, and he must try to recreate the experiment before Wayne gets home.
16) The Midnight Kid
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When Peter sees a movie about super-smart aliens who never sleep, he decides to stay awake for a few nights so he will become super-smart too.
19) Bugged!
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Tired of being covered in itchy mosquito bites, Riley uses science to investigate why mosquitoes are more attracted to him than to his friends.