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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

The Planets and Scale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars gain an insight into the relative size of planets and distance between inner and outer planets with the help of informational text, a data table, and a series of four questions.  
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Jupiter’s Relative Size

For Teachers 4th - 6th
How do you properly illustrate the extreme size difference between two planets—Earth and Jupiter? With the help of jellybeans, of course! Create a scale model of Jupiter's mass compared to Earth using a fishbowl, 1,400 beans, and a...
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How Big Is a Blue?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sort and compare/contrast the lengths of various whales. They sort pictures of whales in order of smallest to largest, and given a rope marked with the lengths of the whales, they compare the actual lengths of the whales.
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Small

For Students Pre-K - K
In this size worksheets, students practice identifying items small in size. Worksheet is set up in 5 rows, 2 animals/items per row.
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Backpacking - Lesson 2 - How to Fit a BackpackBackpacking - Lesson 2 - How to Fit a Backpack

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Backpacking - Lesson 2 is part of an eight lesson unit on backpacking. This specific lesson is how to properly fit a backpack according to the length of a torso. Proper fit is important when carrying a load of substantial weight for...
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Which Chocolate Is The Biggest?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the concepts of area and perimeter with the use of chocolate bars. They calculate the perimeter and area of different size rectangle chocolate bars and record the statistics. Then students make a visual comparison...
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Tallest: Size Worksheets

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this size comparison worksheet, learners must examine four different groups of pictures and determine which picture is the tallest in each group.
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Sizes Worksheet: Smallest

For Students Pre-K - 4th
In this size comparison worksheet, students will examine three groups of pictures and determine which picture in each group is the smallest.
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Sizes Worksheet: Shortest

For Students Pre-K - 4th
In this size comparison worksheet, students will examine two groups of items in columns to determine which item in each column is the shortest.
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You Are Here

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine the relative size and distance of the planets in the solar system. They use ratios in their mathematical calculations to make models of the planets after discussing the relative sizes of the planets. They keep a...
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Pink Pig, Brown Pig

For Students Pre-K - K
In this coloring learning exercise, students color large pigs and small brown different colors. Worksheet review big, small, brown and pink, total of 16 pigs.
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Tall And Short

For Students 1st
In this size worksheet, 1st graders will focus on tall and short. Students will study four sets of shapes coloring those that are tall and circling those that are short.
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Using Size: Taller

For Students K
In this size instructional activity, students will focus on shapes that are taller. Students will study 3 shapes and then draw the same shapes, but showing that they are taller than those already pictured.
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Size: Shortest

For Students K
In this size worksheet, students will focus on shapes that are the shortest. Students will study 2 columns of shapes and circle that which is the shortest in each column.
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Size Worksheet: Shorter

For Students K
In this size worksheet, students will focus on shapes that are shorter. Students will study 3 shapes and then draw the same shapes, but showing that they are shorter than those already pictured.
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Size Worksheet: Long And Short

For Students K
In this size worksheet, students will analyze pictures using long and short. Students will match 4 short objects to their corresponding long objects in the opposite column.
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Creating and Designing a Database of Class Library Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are shown how to create their own database using different field types. They are taugt how to design their own layout-chaning font or size and color of text, adding background color and clipart. Students interrogate their...
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Going Through A Phase

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are introduced to remote sensing equipment used to gather information about the moon. They learn basic facts about the moon such as size, landforms, temperature and gravitational influence on the earth's tides.