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Elephant Foot
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  Using a real-size sketch of a baby elephant's footprint, learners estimate, measure and record the width (diameter) and outside edge length (perimeter or circumference) of the footprint.
  
Cutting Pi
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  In this activity, learners use a string and pair of scissors to find pi in the world all around them. Take the circumference of a round object with string and cut the string to that length.
  
The Shadow Knows II
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  In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.
  
Scytale Messages
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  In this activity, learners use a soda can to decode a secret message. Learners wrap scytale (pronounced ski-tally) code around a can and challenge friends to see if they can crack the codes.