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Week 1: Let’s Play Volleyball!
So, what does a volleball picnic have to do with biology, anyway?	What’s the biggest bubble he can blow?
Week 2: Picking Teams
Who are the players on this team?	Why are all those people so sweaty?
May I have some chocolate cake, first?	How will that give me the energy to play volleyball?
Week 3: Playing the First Game
Why does chasing after the ball make me feel so out-of-breath?	Why does that rose over there look and smell so good to me?

Week 4: Let’s Play a Second Game
Which bones and muscles am I using?	Will I get sick if I accidentally drink out of someone else’s cup?	Excuse me, but which way is the bathroom?
Week 5: Fun for the Whole Family
Will I ever be as tall as you?	Are we related?	“Like father, like son”?

Week 6: Come, and Bring a Date
Why is (s)he so good-looking to me?	What about the  kids  . . . oops. . . children?

Week 7: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Well, OK, How About Mosquitoes, Ants and Goats?
What am I stomping on when I jump to spike the ball?
Week 8: Volleyball in the Woods
How’d all those beasties get here?
Week 9: Put Them on the Team, Too!
So, who invited the ants to the picnic?
Week 10: Volleyball in the Grass vs. Volleyball in the Gym
Can’t we just bulldoze it and build a parking lot and indoor volleyball court, instead?

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