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Perspectives: Powers of 10
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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.

Be a Scanning Probe Microscope
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In this activity, learners investigate Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM) and then work in teams using a pencil to explore and identify the shape of objects they cannot see, just as SPMs do at the nano

Do Your Own Dig
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.

Construction and Destruction
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In this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale.

Life Size: What's in a microbe?
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.

Supersize That Dinosaur
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In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most. Then, learners estimate the size of a Triceratops and T.

Blazing the Trail
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In this math lesson, learners estimate distances between landmarks and use a map and scales to determine the actual distances.

Balancing Act
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In this activity, learners will build thier own balance scale. Learners will explore weight and comparison through this activity.

Garden Poles
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In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.

Music and Sound
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Music and Sound) is a full inquiry investigation into sound frequency.

Colors of Stars
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In this activity, learners observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color and temperature -- basic concepts of matter and energy.

Tomb Mapping
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In this activity, learners examine the culture and history of the tomb site.

Looking Back Through Time
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In this activity, learners create their own archaeological profiles.

Exploring Size: Powers of Ten
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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.

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.

Make a Dinosaur
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In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs" by Byron Barton to understand some background information about dinosaurs.

Scale Model of Sun and Earth
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In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.

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

Size, Scale and Models
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In this activity, learners take measurements and create charts to learn about the size of dinosaurs and their relative scale to humans.

Sugar Crystal Challenge
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This lesson focuses on surface area and how the shape of sugar crystals may differ as they are grown from sugars of different coarseness.