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Heavyweight Champion: Jupiter
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  In this activity, learners confront their perceptions of gravity in the solar system.
   
Dunking the Planets
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  In this demonstration, learners compare the relative sizes and masses of scale models of the planets as represented by fruits and other foods.
   
The Pull of the Planets
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  In this activity, learners model the gravitational fields of planets on a flexible surface.
   
Solar System in My Neighborhood
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  In this activity, learners shrink the scale of the vast solar system to the size of their neighborhood.
   
Size, Mass, Area, and Volume
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  In this activity (page 23 of PDF), learners conduct an experiment to determine how the size and mass of a projectile affects the area and the volume of an impact crater.
   
Space Jell-O
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  Albert Einstein proved that space bends around anything that has mass. This activity uses Jell-O's ability to bend around objects as a model for space bending around planets and stars.
  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.
   
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.
  