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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.
  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.
   
Paper Cutting
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  In this activity about scale, learners investigate the world of the very small by cutting a 28 centimeter strip of paper in half as many times as they can.
   
How Big is Small
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  In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.
   
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.
   
Gieant Sieve Sorter
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  This Exploratorium activity explores size and scale. Through four levels of screen sizes, learners can sort out objects of different sizes.
  