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Size and Scale

Explore the size and scale of microscopic biology.

Use your cell phone to explore the mini-scopic world.

A mirror and a lens mounted on top project a live image of the outside view into a darkened room.

Movement is reduced to stillness, given an astronomical gear ratio.

Research-grade microscopes reveal interior worlds of living, changing cells.

Noodle around with elemental properties and how they’re organized.

Strips of plastic on a globe model our atmosphere.

See your friends go from tiny to towering in a few steps.

What happens when you double the size of a chair?

Build a pinhole camera you can really get into.

Determine the field diameter of a compound microscope.

Dividing cells expand exponentially.

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