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In this activity, learners complete a series of drawing activities to explore scale and powers of 10. Learners first trace each other on 1-meter-square pieces of paper.

This is an activity about lung capacity. Learners will measure their own lung capacity using a homemade spirometer.

In this activity (on pages 4-5), learners make fake snow by adding water to the super-absorbant chemical from diapers, sodium polyacrylate.

This activity is about collecting and analyzing DNA as part of a criminal investigation.

Build a catapult that transforms the potential energy of a twisted rubber band into kinetic energy. Experiment with design variations so that you can hit a target with a projectile.

In this activity, learners help a poor cartographer color in the countries on a map, making sure each country is colored a different color than any of its neighbors.

In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

In this activity about computer programming, learners follow instructions in a variety of ways in order to successfully draw figures.

In this tabletop board game, players will represent a team of scientists and engineers sending a spacecraft on a mission to space.

Learners listen to and try to decipher a radio message that was sent from Earth to possible intelligent civilizations.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

In this activity, learners play a card game that explores the relative sizes of various objects. Learners compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.

In this activity, learners recreate a method of detecting and correcting errors in computers called 'parity'.

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

In this activity, learners play a card game that explores different size scales--macro, micro and nano.

In this activity, learners construct a home-made journal with simple, everyday materials.

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.

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).

In this activity, learners design a scientific exploration mission to a planet or moon of their choice.