Search Results


Showing results 1 to 8 of 8

Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners play a card game that explores different size scales--macro, micro and nano.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners play a card game that explores the relative sizes of various objects. Learners compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners complete a series of drawing activities to explore scale and powers of 10. Learners first trace each other on 1-meter-square pieces of paper.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
Add to list Details
Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this fun sticker activity, learners will create a size wheel with images of objects of different size, from macroscopic scale (like an ant) to nanoscale (like DNA).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners place cards featuring biological structures in order by their relative size from largest to smallest.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes