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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Weigh a Whale Instructional VideoPbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Weigh a Whale Instructional Video
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3rd - 8th
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Weigh a Whale

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So how do you go about weighing a 50 ton animal? PBS site explores how to weigh this mammoth creature by inviting you to come along with David and Anthony as they try to come up with the best way to do it.

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animal facts, pbs, science activity, science discovery, science experiment, whale facts, whale research, pbs kids, weighing a whale, weight of a whale, whale

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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