Card Sort Activity
Name: _____________________________
Individual Card Arrangement (Largest = 1; Smallest = 10)
Largest
1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________
4. _______________________________
5. _______________________________
6. _______________________________
7. _______________________________
8. _______________________________
9. _______________________________
Smallest
10. _______________________________
Group Card Arrangement
Largest
1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________
4. _______________________________
5. _______________________________
6. _______________________________
7. _______________________________
8. _______________________________
9. _______________________________
Smallest
10. _______________________________
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Clothesline Activity
Card Arrangement (1=Largest)
Power of 10
Instrument
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
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Scale
Directions: On the connecting lines, record your answers for how many times bigger or smaller
the object is compared to the Thickness of a Penny.
Moon
Human
Thickness of Penny
Cell
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Follow-Up Card Arrangement
a.
b.
c.
d.
Arrange the 5 new cards from largest to smallest.
Justify your arrangement of coupled boxes.
Estimate the size of each object in 10x meters. Specify a numerical answer for x.
What would you use to “see” the object?
Largest
Smallest
Arrangement
Justification
between objects
Power of 10
To “see” the
object, I would
use…
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Clothesline Activity with Prefix and Symbol
Card Arrangement (1=Largest)
Power of 10
Prefix
Symbol
Instrument
1.
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2.
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3.
___________________________
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4.
___________________________
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______
___________
5.
___________________________
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______
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6.
___________________________
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7.
___________________________
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8.
___________________________
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______
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9.
___________________________
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______
______
___________
10.
___________________________
__________
______
______
___________
Scale
Directions: On the connecting lines, record your answers for how many times bigger or smaller
the object is compared to the Thickness of a Penny.
Moon
Human
Thickness of Penny
Cell
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