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Giant Museum: Create a Scale Model
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In this activity, learners will predict the size of a giant scale model of a comb or other rectangular object, then make one. If you tripled the size of a dollar bill, could you sit on it?
Rate It: Working With Zero and Negative Numbers
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In this activity, learners will rate the day, a book, or something else on a scale from -2 to 2. This activity works well for groups of all ages.

Balancing Act
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In this activity, learners will build thier own balance scale. Learners will explore weight and comparison through this activity.

The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.

Size Wheel
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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).
Stack-o-Pennies Shop
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In this math activity, learners pretend there is a special store that lets you pay for toys by their height in pennies.

Small Snails, Enormous Elephants
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This activity (located on page 2 of PDF) introduces learners to the real size of animals using nonstandard measurement.