Overview
Description:
This is a card game which can be played with museum visitors. Visitors will learn the relative sizes of various objects. They compete against each other (or you) to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.
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Scientist reviewed?
Peer reviewed?
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Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
Standards
Earth and space science:
K-4: Objects in the sky
5-8: Earth in the solar system
9-12: Origin and evolution of the universe
Physical science:
K-4: Properties of objects and materials
5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter
9-12: Structure and properties of matter
9-12: Structure of atoms
Science and Technology:
K-4: Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
K-4: Understanding about science and technology
5-8: Understanding about science and technology
9-12: Understanding about science and technology
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Full Body adaptation
If you have a large group, you could give each person in the group a card, and then have everyone self-assemble into a single list of largest to smallest.
Then you would read off the big list, pointing out any interesting size relationships.