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History of Maths - Magnitudes - Around Us

Last update 2013-11-11 23:37:52
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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    public
  • MindSpaceSolutions on 2013-10-31 09:50:17
    Mode
    70
    Name
    Maths - Magnitudes - Around Us
    Viewer
    unlisted
    Editor
    mindspacesolutions-official
    Category
    education
    Category
    Maths
    Type
    Scaler
    Info Text
    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.