To understand the very diverse scales in Nature —from the smallest meaningful length (Plank’s length) to the size of the observable Universe, let’s familiarize ourselves with orders of magnitude or powers of 10! In this activity, students play a game of cards to achieve this goal and marvel at the range of lengths of objects in our universe!

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Big Ideas

Astronomy is a science that studies celestial objects and phenomena in the Universe

Astronomy is a science that studies celestial objects and phenomena in the Universe

Source: AstroEdu – International Astronomical Union