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Scale Model of Sun and Earth
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  In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.
   
Eclipse: How can the little Moon hide the giant Sun?
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  In this activity, learners explore how distance can affect the way we perceive the size of an object.
   
Measure the Sun's Size
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  In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.
   
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.
   
Space Jell-O
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  Albert Einstein proved that space bends around anything that has mass. This activity uses Jell-O's ability to bend around objects as a model for space bending around planets and stars.
   
Sand Activity
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  In this activity, learners observe mixtures of sand samples glued to note cards, and consider how sand can differ in size, shape, and color, and where it comes from.
   
How Big is Small
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  In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.
  