(#44) Scale the Universe
Our second book for NASA is versatile and beautifully
integrated, helping
your students understand their place in the world. Give kids in grades 5-12 original, hands-on experiences with orders of magnitude and unit analysis.
They can take a hike along an imaginary LongTape to get a feel for
logarithmic measurement: they can order tabs representing the astonishing scope of distance and time, then arrange these on a log scale. As a
magnificent finale, each student constructs a Book of Scale and explores,
through the awesome Power of 10, the relative size of things big and small,
from protons to the limits of our visible universe, from gamma ray periods
to the lifespans of stars. We are in between: our bodies measured in meters,
our respiration in seconds. Beginning with what we know, we reach both ways
toward infinity, measuring, ordering, plotting, converting, scaling, and
drawing everything imaginable in clever Books of Scale that frame both space
and time.
Discover wonderful enrichment activities for biology and math students. This
wonderful new book will get even the artists and poets in your classes
applying their skills and doing fabulous science. We predict that this
program will knock your socks off and stir your students' sense of wonder
and curiosity!
(#44) SCALE THE UNIVERSE is part of our
self-directing Activity Page Series.
This 64 page soft-bound book is organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* Standards * Why Teach TOPS? * Photocopy table
* Getting Ready * Scope and Sequence *
ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLEMENTS
SECTION A:
* Orders of Magnitude * LongTape supplement * Unit Analysis *
SECTION B:
* Ordering Distance * Distance Tabs (sticky version) * Distance Tabs (cutout
version) * Log Scale and answer key * Using a Log Scale *
SECTION C:
* Scale the Universe: 1 * Book of Scale line masters * Scale the Universe: 2
* Scale the Universe: 3 * Proportional Thinking * Human Scale Ruler
supplement * Ordering Time * Time Tabs (sticky version)
* Time Tabs (cutout version) *
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(#44) SCALE THE
UNIVERSE requires no lab equipment or unusual supplies.
Just photocopy the activity sheets and supplements, gather simple
materials
(like staplers, masking tape and string),
and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
GRADE RANGE: 5-12
ORIGINS: written by Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg Marson / copyrighted in
2004 by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 978-0-941008-44-4
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#44 SCALE THE UNIVERSE @ $15.00
