1. Powers of 10 General Power Point Presentation
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Written by: Jonathon SchrammA, Eric KeelingB, Dijanna FigueroaC, Lindsay MohanA,
Michele JohnsonC, and Charles W. AndersonA
Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy
Long Term Ecological Research Math Science Partnership
2012
Disclaimer: This research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation: Targeted Partnership: Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy (NSF ). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

2. Powers of Ten

3. Earth Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters
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4. North and Central America
Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters
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5. California Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter
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6. The San Francisco Bay Area
Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers
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7. San Francisco Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers
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8. Golden Gate Park Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer
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9. Japanese Tea Garden Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters
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10. A Pond with Lily Pads Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters
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11. The One-Meter Square
Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture
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12. A Lily and a Bee Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters
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13. A Bee's Head Scale: 10-2 meters = 1 cm = 1 centimeter
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14. A Bee's Eye Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter
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15. Pollen Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers
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16. Bacterium Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers
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17. Virus on a Bacterium Scale: 10-6 meters = 1 µm = 1 micrometer
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18. A Virus
Scale: 10-7 meters = 0.1 µm = 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm = 100 nanometers
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19. DNA within a Virus Scale: 10-8 meters = 10 nm = 10 nanometers
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20. The Structure of DNA Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer
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21. The Structure of water molecule
Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer
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22. The Structure of Oxygen
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23. The Structure of carbon dioxide
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