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This Exploratorium activity explores size and scale. Through four levels of screen sizes, learners can sort out objects of different sizes.

In this activity, learners discover the primary physical properties used to separate pure substances from mixtures.

In this activity, learners explore their eye pupils and how they change.

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.

In this activity, learners conduct a simple test to find their blind spot.

In this activity, learners control the (apparent) size of a hole with their brain.

In this demonstration/activity, learners observe as a regular size marshmallow is blown through a tube made from a manila file folder.

Things that are different sizes and stiffness vibrate differently, and in this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll see how rings of various diameters react to vibration and external forces.

This activity provides instructions for making an aircraft that can really fly using a straw and paper hoops!

By making models of light waves with paper, learners can understand why different colors appear in bubbles.

Get all wrapped up in a lesson about skin!

In this activity, learners explore Charles' Law in a syringe.

In this activity related to light and perception, learners use a pinhole in an index card as a magnifying glass to help their eye focus on a nearby object.

In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.

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.