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What's the Difference?
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In this sorting activity, learners play a game in which they try to identify the largest number of differences between two objects.
Exploring Strange New Worlds
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore model planets (that they or an educator will create), using methods NASA scientists use to explore our Solar System.
Calendarios para cualquier año
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Este Web site contiene links a 12 calendarios (12 meses). Cada mes contiene actividades sobre matemáticas.
Frustrations with Fractions
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In this math activity, learners make a set of fraction cards to play a game that will help relieve their fraction frustrations.
By the Numbers
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Learners describe objects in a room using only numbers and shapes. They can measure the object (like a desk) and make a list of facts about it (e.g.
Mystery Jars: Estimate Contents
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This activity puts a mathematical twist on the familiar “guessing jar.” No guesses allowed, estimates only.
Size Them Up: Learning About Volume and Capacity
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In this activity, learners will put a set of containers in order by capacity. Would the tallest container hold more or less water than the wide, short one?
Mystery Jars: Make Your Own: Estimating and Counting
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Learners make a counting/estimating jar to exchange with friends or bring home.
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.
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.
Estimation
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In this online activity, learners will explore size estimation in one, two and three dimensions. Multiple levels of difficulty allow for progressive skill improvement.
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?
Building Molecules
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This online interactive has three activities in the NanoLab (press the upper right button): Build, Zoom, and Transform.
What am I?
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In this activity, learners examine nanoscale structures of common things.
Exploring the Universe: Star Formation
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In this activity, participants will learn how stars form from the dust and gas that exists in space clumping together.
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.
I Spy Nano!
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In this game, learners try to find nano-related objects on a game board. Learners investigate the different ways nano is in the world around us.
Stop: Practice Stopping at Vehicle Intersections
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This is an online game about stopping distance. Learners choose one of three vehicles and one of three speeds.
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.
Self-Assembly Game
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This is a quick game about self-assembly (page 2 of PDF under Self-Assembly Activity). Like the molecules of DNA, learners will self-assemble into a pattern by following a simple set of rules.