BIG Snickers bar
Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this?
What info would you like to know?
How are you going to judge how much bigger this ...
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Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes
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Big Papi
What do you wonder?
How many donuts make up this Big Papi tribute? What would be useful to help you figure this out?
The following pictures that will open in new ...
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The new Godzilla movie is out at theaters. ...
Green, green river
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Students learn what PPM (parts per million) means and attempt to figure ...
Crop circles
In the travel section of our newspaper this week, Wiltshire, England was a recommended destination to see Stonehendge and crop circles ........... crop circles?
Many of the ...
Ladder figuring
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Why Does it Stay in Orbit?
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