My students love the Grow a Creatures you can find everywhere lately, even at the Dollar Store. They come in dozens of different animals and designs. They all claim to grow 600%, but do they really? And if they do, are they measuring the growth in length, width, or area?
I designed this science inquiry project to find out. I just bought 6 different creatures (one for each table) for this investigation... so it is super cheap also!
Students will measure the length, width, and area (in square u