Children you may like to: <br />
<ul>
<li>See if you have lived a million seconds.</li>
<li>Estimate then work out how long it will take your heart to beat
a million times.</li>
<li>Investigate a number much bigger than a million - a googol.
Find how big is it? Find who invented it? What other number is
related to it? ..</li>
</ul>
<div>Parents you may like to help children:</div>
<ul>
<li>Explore the difference between a milliard, a million, billion,
trillion....</li>
<li>Find examples of very large numbers used every day .</li>
<li>By showing them things in the home that you have 'millions'
of.</li>
<li>By listing the words associated with elation and other
emotions.</li>
</ul>
<div>Teachers you may like to help children:</div>
<ul>
<li>Explore the idea of representing a million.</li>
<li>Find which historical figures were alive a million days
ago?</li>
<li>Consider how long there has been life on Earth.</li>
<li>Find how far a million pennies would reach when laid out end to
end.</li>
<li>Find how tall a pile one million pounds would be. Would piles
of £10 notes differ from 20's or 50's or 5's for that
matter?</li>
<li>Find or invent other words used to denote size - e.g humungous,
squillions.</li>
<li>Explore what they would do if they became 'millionaires'
overnight.</li>
<li>Design and construct an appropriate ransom note for the
plaque.</li>
</ul>
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