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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.

In this activity, learners will explore how maps can provide information about a place and help us find our way from one location to another.

This trick from Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty lets you add together the bounces of two balls and send one ball flying.

In this game, learners explore the different sizes of things in the world. In this Twister-like game, learners must place a hand or foot on a circle of the right scale - macro, micro, or nano.

In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement of waves and currents off a sandy beach.

In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

In this two-part outdoor activity, learners conduct a population census of squirting clams on a beach or mudflat, and investigate the clams' natural history.

In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners investigate organisms that live along the ocean's rocky coast.

In this seismic simulation, learners play a "who-dunnit" game to explore earthquakes.