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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.
   
Separation Anxiety
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  In this activity, learners discover the primary physical properties used to separate pure substances from mixtures.
   
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.
   
Cookie Surface Area
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  This is an activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Surface Area Activity) about surface area to volume ratio.
   
How Small Can You Cut?
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  In this lesson, learners cut paper into very small pieces to explore the small size of quarks, the smallest thing we know of on Earth.
   
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.
   
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.
   
Size Wheel
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  In this fun sticker activity, learners will create a size wheel with images of objects of different size, from macroscopic scale (like an ant) to nanoscale (like DNA).
   
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.
  Building Houses: Build a Cardboard Tube House
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  Build a house you can fit inside, using cardboard tubes.
   
Horton Senses Something Small
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  In this story time program, young learners listen to the Dr.
   
Compare Dinosaur Body Parts
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  In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most to learn about the different sizes of dinosaurs.
  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.
   
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.
  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.
  Big and Little Cups
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  In this indoor or outdoor water activity, learners pour water from small cups to large cups and containers. In doing so, they discover water takes the shape of its container.
  