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In this activity, learners use sieves with different-sized holes to sort balls by size.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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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).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Build a house you can fit inside, using cardboard tubes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 15 of the PDF, discover how materials and physical forces behave differently at the nanoscale.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple pinhole viewer. They use this apparatus to project images from a variety of light sources, including a candle, the Sun, and the Moon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners try pouring water out of a regular cup and a miniature cup. It’s harder than it sounds! Learners discover that different forces dominate at different size scales.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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After learning that some of the chemicals we add to food crops may have harmful consequences on our health and the health of the environment, learners will create a pocket-sized card with their favori

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity related to computer programming, learners give directions to a "robot" (either an adult or another learner) and find out which instructions the robot is able to follow, and how their

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners try to put together toy bricks—wearing oven mitts on their hands! This activity shows learners how difficult it is to build small things when your tools are too big.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

free Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity/demo, learners examine a synthetic gecko tape with micron sized hairs that mimics the behavior of the gecko foot.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this engineering activity (page 2 of PDF), young learners investigate how a wide base can make a building more stable. Learners use blocks or boxes of different sizes to construct stable towers.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes