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Measure Yourself in nanometers
Scientists measure incredibly small things like atoms and
molecules in units called nanometers. A nanometer equals
one billionth of a meter. A penny is 20,000,000 nanometers
wide. How big are you in nanometers?
WHAT TO DO
1
Measure your body in nanometers with the nanoruler on page 2 and page 3.
Nanometers
How big are your feet?
How big are your ears?
How thick are your fingernails?
How thick is a strand of hair?
How wide is your thumb?
D ID Y OU K NOW ?
• A cupcake is 76,200,000 nanometers tall.
• Tiny toe hairs (each 200 nanometers wide) let geckos hang from walls
or the ceiling by just one toe.
activi
ty contin
u e d o n n e x t p a g e (page 1 of 3)
This activity was modified and adapted from nanozone.org, the LHS online nanotechnology exhibit.
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Measure Yourself in nanometers (activity continued)
10,000,000 nanometers
20,000,000 nanometers
INSTRUCTIONS
30,000,000 nanometers
1) Cut along the outer
box on Page 2 and
Page 3. Fold both boxes
along the dotted line.
40,000,000 nanometers
50,000,000 nanometers
60,000,000 nanometers
80,000,000 nanometers
90,000,000 nanometers
100,000,000 nanometers
110,000,000 nanometers
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200,000,000 nanometers
210,000,000 nanometers
230,000,000 nanometers
250,000,000 nanometers
260,000,000 nanometers
270,000,000 nanometers
a
b
activi
3) Now you can use
the ruler to measure
objects.
Fold on line
240,000,000 nanometers
2) Match up a & b
and tape the pages
together to make a
complete ruler.
Cut along this line
220,000,000 nanometers
NANOMETER
70,000,000 nanometers
ty contin
u e d o n n e x t p a g e (page 2 of 3)
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Measure Yourself in nanometers (activity continued)
b
280,000,000 nanometers
290,000,000 nanometers
300,000,000 nanometers
310,000,000 nanometers
320,000,000 nanometers
330,000,000 nanometers
350,000,000 nanometers
360,000,000 nanometers
370,000,000 nanometers
380,000,000 nanometers
390,000,000 nanometers
400,000,000 nanometers
410,000,000 nanometers
430,000,000 nanometers
440,000,000 nanometers
450,000,000 nanometers
Fold on line
420,000,000 nanometers
RULER
340,000,000 nanometers
460,000,000 nanometers
470,000,000 nanometers
Cut along this line
480,000,000 nanometers
490,000,000 nanometers
500,000,000 nanometers
510,000,000 nanometers
520,000,000 nanometers
530,000,000 nanometers
540,000,000 nanometers
(page 3 of 3)
This activity was modified and adapted from nanozone.org, the LHS online nanotechnology exhibit.
Lawrence Hall of Science © 2007 The Regents of the University of California