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Measure Your Ability to See
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In this exercise (Activity #2 on page), learners test their distance vision to evaluate their overall eyesight.

Twenty Guesses: Information Theory
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This activity introduces the idea that computer scientists measure information by how "surprising" a message is.

Experiencing Parallax With Your Thumb
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In this activity, learners investigate parallax, a method used to measure distances to stars and planets in the solar system.

Statistics: Whirlybirds
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In this math lesson, learners measure, predict and determine the frequency of an event as it relates to how close Whirlybirds land to a target.
Read the Label: Nutrition and Percentage
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This activity combines learning about nutrition, math of measurement and proportion, and healthy eating. Start by distributing food packages with Nutrition Facts labeled.

Measure the Speed of a Water Leak
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity), learners will measure the rate at which water streams out of a leaky cup.

Fruity Electricity
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In this activity, Frankenstein's lab is running out of electricity! Learners use fruit to help Igor find a temporary source of energy to turn on a light.
Find Someone: Use Math to Learn About Friends
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Create a “Find Someone” list, with about 10 items, each containing a shape, number, or measurement. Can you find someone in the group with hair about 4 inches long? Someone wearing parallel lines?

Try Your Hand at Nano
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This lesson focuses on two simple activities that younger learners can do to gain an appreciation of nanotechnology. First, learners measure their hands in nanometers.

Does Air Weigh Anything?
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The demonstration/experiment provides quick proof that air has mass.

Launch Altitude Tracker
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In this activity, learners construct hand-held altitude trackers. The device is a sighting tube with a marked water level that permits measurement of the inclination of the tube.

Catch Your Breath: Build a Spirometer and Measure your Lung Capacity
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In this activity, learners will measure their lung capacity by making their own spirometer. Learners will then explore factors that affect the amount of air the lungs can hold.

Spring Scale Engineering
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In this activity, learners explore how spring scales work and how they are used for non-exact weight measurement.

Measuring Your Breathing Frequency at Rest
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In this activity about the brain and sleep (on page 138 of the PDF), learners measure their resting breathing rates. Learners will discover that breathing frequencies vary amongst individuals.
Growing Plants: Track Their Growth
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

Globe at Night
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In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.

Lungometer
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In this environmental health activity, learners investigate their own vital lung capacities.

Turbidity
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This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.

Pyramids and Triangles
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Straws and pipe cleaners are terrific materials for building models of pyramids and cubes.

A Towering Achievement
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In this experience, learners use the internet to research physical details about Chihuly's Fireworks of Glass "Tower" and "Ceiling" and consider the decisions Chihuly had to make as he was planning th