History of Maths - Magnitudes - Around Us

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Creation date 2013-10-31 09:50:17

MindSpaceSolutions on 2013-11-11 23:37:52
Summary
Investigate the concept of measurement, units and magnitudes of scale.
Description
Investigate the concept of measurement, units and magnitudes of scale. Each paddle has an object that is 10x larger than the previous one. All obects scale to their reliative sizes when held beside eachother. Starting from a $1 note (100um), it quickly increases to a cup (10cm), a bus (10m), a Skyscraper (nearly 1000m, New York (10km) and The entire Earth (over 10,000km), among others.
MindSpaceSolutions on 2013-10-31 10:04:03
Topic
Mathematics
SubTopic
Maths
MindSpaceSolutions on 2013-10-31 09:56:30
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MindSpaceSolutions on 2013-10-31 09:50:17
Mode
70
Name
Maths - Magnitudes - Around Us
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unlisted
Editor
mindspacesolutions-official
Category
education
Category
Maths
Type
Scaler
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Full
Teacher Guide
Basic
Worksheet
Basic
Summary
Investigate the concept of measurement, units and magnitudes of scale.
Description
Investigate the concept of measurement, units and magnitudes of scale. Each paddle has an object that is 10x larger than the previous one. All obects scale to their reliative sizes when held beside eachother. Starting from a $1 note (100um), it quickly increases to a cup (10cm), a bus (10m), a Skyscraper (nearly 1000m, New York (10km) and The entire Earth (over 10,000km), among others.