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Ten Great Ideas: Orders of Magnitude

   
The original Powers of Ten film
Youtube. 9 mins 4 Star
Interactive animation You can alter the images manually or let it run automatically 4 Star
 
   
Monty Python's The Galaxy Song Youtube. 3 mins 5 Star
The most impressive image ever taken? Known as the Hubble Deep Field, it images a very large part of our universe. Youtube. 6 mins. 5 Star
The size of some BIG objects in the universe, relative to the Earth. Just scroll down slowly to blow your mind. 5 Star
The size of some SMALL objects in the universe, relative to a coffee bean.. Use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom 5 Star
 
   
Up to date data on the world's population. http://www.optimumpopulation.org/  
A similar site from the UN http://www.un.org/esa/population/  
Fascinating facts on global development Wonderful use of graphs. Youtube from TED.com. 20 mins 4 Star
       
Chromosomes, genes and DNA 5 min video from howstuffworks 4 Star
       
 
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