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Exploring Size: StretchAbility
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  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.
  Piece It Together: Puzzle Hunt
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  In this activity, learners follow clues to find five puzzle pieces, then assemble them. This activity works well with a whole group, individuals, or families.
  The Right Fit
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  In this math activity, learners trace their hands and estimate the number of beans that can fit into their hand tracings. Then, learners glue the beans to the tracing to test out their estimations.
  Build a Bridge
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  In this activity, learners use recycled materials to build a bridge that holds as many potatoes as possible. They investigate weight, height, strength, and measurement as they seek design solutions.
   
Property Sort
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  In this activity, young learners will describe objects by their properties and sort by color, weight and texture. This activity uses household items and toys for materials.
   
Exploring the Solar System: Big Sun, Small Moon
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  “Exploring the Solar System: Big Sun, Small Moon” is a hands-on activity that explores the concept of apparent size and allows visitors to experience this phenomena using familiar objects—a tennis bal
   
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.
  Size Them Up: Learning About Volume and Capacity
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  In this activity, learners will put a set of containers in order by capacity. Would the tallest container hold more or less water than the wide, short one?
  Look Around: Hunt For Sizes, Shapes and Numbers
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  In this activity, learners will participate in a scavenger hunt involving sizes, shapes, and numbers. This activity works well with a whole group, individuals, or families.
   
Plant Hunt
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  In this outdoor activity and game, learners collect and sort leaf samples to determine how many types of plants grow in the activity site.
  Find Someone: Use Math to Learn About Friends
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  Create a “Find Someone” list, with about 10 items, each containing a shape, number, or measurement. Can you find someone in the group with hair about 4 inches long? Someone wearing parallel lines?
   
Small Snails, Enormous Elephants
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  This activity (located on page 2 of PDF) introduces learners to the real size of animals using nonstandard measurement.
   
Good Catch!
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  In this activity, learners "go fishing," then practice ruler use and size/pattern comparison with the animals they catch.
   
Gieant Sieve Sorter
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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.
  