Exploring Size - Powers of Ten Game

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
In this activity, learners compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.
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DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Size - Powers of Ten" is a card game exploring the relative sizes of various objects. Visitors compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest. "Explore Science - Zoom into Nano Powers of Ten Game" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

A version of this activity designed for larger groups is called "Get in Order: Line up by Size," is suitable for classroom or large informal groups using larger version of the cards.

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  • Visitors line up by size in Get in Order - large size powers of 10 cards featuring a pea plant card
  • Powers of 10 card game components
  • Visitors line up by size in Get in Order - large size powers of 10 cards featuring an Earth card
  • Powers of 10 activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.
  • Visitors line up by size in Get in Order - large size powers of 10 cards featuring a pea plant card
  • Powers of 10 card game components
  • Visitors line up by size in Get in Order - large size powers of 10 cards featuring an Earth card
  • Powers of 10 activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Size - Powers of Ten" is a card game exploring the relative sizes of various objects. Visitors compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest. "Explore Science - Zoom into Nano Powers of Ten Game" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

A version of this activity designed for larger groups is called "Get in Order: Line up by Size," is suitable for classroom or large informal groups using larger version of the cards.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Things come in different sizes - and size is important!

LEARNING GOALS

  • Things come in different sizes - and size is important!

  • A nanometer is a billionth of a meter

NANO CONTENT MAP

Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Earth and Space Science Solar System Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Life Sciences Animals Mathematics Measurement
KIT: Explore science zoom into nano logo in full color with leaf, atom, and Saturn logo Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2010
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Sciencenter

FUNDING

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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