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Five Second Dash
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This is an activity about prediction. How far can you hop in 5 seconds? Could you make it to the door? Across the room? Everyone lines up and tries it.
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?

Animals are Amazing!
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In this activity, learners use measurement concepts to make models of what their body parts might look like if they were a snake or a chameleon.
Is It Possible: Estimating Measurement
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In this activity, learners will decide together on a question about how far, long or high the group could reach together.
Shady Snakes
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In this activity, learners make pretend snakes and use them to explore estimation and measurement. Learners roll out clay snakes and estimate and measure their lengths and diameters.

Life Size: Line 'em up!
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In this activity on page 1 of the PDF, learners compare the relative sizes of biological objects (like DNA and bacteria) that can't be seen by the naked eye.

Pringles Pinhole Camera
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An ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens.

Estimation
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In this online activity, learners will explore size estimation in one, two and three dimensions. Multiple levels of difficulty allow for progressive skill improvement.

String Thing
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String Thing is an interactive online game in which learners change a virtual string's tension, length, and gauge to create different musical pitches.

Pictures From Light
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Did you know that using a lens one can bend light to make pictures of the world? It's true!
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.