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SID THE SCIENCE KID | Estimation Investigation | PBS Kids

posted on November 7, 2008

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pbskids.org/sid This investigation is featured in Sid the Science Kid episode Enough With the Seashells. Watch and learn how you too can practice estimating, also known as making your best guess. In this experiment, watch how children make their guesses in counting objects in a jar. How many bouncy balls do you think are in the jar? Watch and find out!
Don't miss Sid the Science Kid, the animated preschool series from The Jim Henson Company and KCET on PBS KIDS! (check local listings). For more information visit pbskids.org/sid


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