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Make a Human Scale Ladder
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  In this quick activity about size and scale (on page 2 of the PDF under What's Nano?
   
Line Up: Using Math To Stand In Line
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  Put math of measurement into lining up — and make waiting in line fun. Choose a size characteristic that learners can physically compare, such as foot length or hair length.
   
Pea Brain!: Explorations in Estimation
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  In this activity, learners use two different techniques to estimate how many little things fit into one bigger thing.
   
Exploring Size: Measure Yourself
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  In this activity, learners mark their height on a height chart and discover how tall they are in nanometers.
   
Sniffing for a Billionth
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  This is an activity (located on page 4 of the PDF under What's Nano? Activity) about size and scale.
   
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.
   
Gummy Growth
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  In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.
   
Heavy or Light
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  In this activity, learners explore a scale by comparing objects, which look similar but have different weights. Learners predict and then measure the weights of various objects using a scale.
  