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Gummy Growth
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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.

Introduction to Ocean Zones
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In this activity, learners will create a diagram of the ocean zones and determine what organisms live in each zone.

Compare Dinosaur Body Parts
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In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most to learn about the different sizes of dinosaurs.
Forwards and Backwards: pH and Indicators
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Visitors prepare six solutions combining vinegar and ammonia that range incrementally from acid (all vinegar) to base (all ammonia).

Inkjet Printer
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In this activity, learners investigate how inkjet printers produce tiny, precise drops of ink.

Sniffing for a Billionth
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This is an activity (located on page 4 of the PDF under What's Nano? Activity) about size and scale.

Sizing Up the Universe
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In this online interactive challenge, learners choose items to represent the Earth or solar system, then determine other items to represent the Moon, or Milky Way based on their relative size.

Comparing Sizes of Microorganisms
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In this activity related to microbes, learners create scale models of microorganisms and compare relative sizes of common bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa using metric measures: meters, centimete

Incredible Shrinking Shapes
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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

Heavyweight Champion: Jupiter
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In this activity, learners confront their perceptions of gravity in the solar system.

Dunking the Planets
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In this demonstration, learners compare the relative sizes and masses of scale models of the planets as represented by fruits and other foods.

Human-powered Orrery
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In this space science activity, learners work together to create a human-powered orrery to model the movements of the four inner planets.

Sliding and Stuttering
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Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.

Model Wind Tunnel
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In this activity, learners build a miniature wind tunnel to measure force. Learners construct the model out of Lexan plastic, a fan, and a precise digital scale.

Construction and Destruction
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In this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale.

Slide Rules
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

Pea Brain!: Explorations in Estimation
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In this activity, learners use two different techniques to estimate how many little things fit into one bigger thing.

Dinosaur Flesh and Bones
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur skeletons.

Exploring at the Nanoscale
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This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted our society and how engineers have learned to explore the world at the nanoscale.

Slimy Cells
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In this activity, learners solidify their conceptualization of cells by building a model of a cell in a ziplock bag.