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Scale Ladder

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Overview
Scale Ladder
Jennifer Frazier [3]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconScaleLadder.jpg [4]

Description: 

Scale ladders are diagrams that can quickly convey the size of the nanoscale by showing how objects are related by size. Using existing research on understanding size and scale, the Visualization Laboratory carried out a series of experiments to develop effective scale ladders as well as guidelines for their design and use. This diagram can be dropped as is into an exhibition graphic or used as a template and adapted for different content or graphical contexts. To inform designers wishing to build a different scale ladder, guidelines gleaned from the research are also made available separately.
Objectives

Learning goals: 

  • Nanoscale objects are smaller than a cell, larger than an atom.
Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Owning institution:

Exploratorium [5]

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed
Peer reviewed? check_reviewed
Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

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Audience

[7]

Tags

[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [14]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Media

What kind of media?: 

Digital images and graphics

Nano topics: 

Fundamentals

Audience: 

11 and up

Content keywords: 

size
scale ladder
scale
graphic
poster
nanodays

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

0

K-12: 

0
Resources
Download zip file [2]

Download all files (ZIP) [2]

Files: 

application/pdf iconScale Ladder Guidelines [15]
application/pdf iconScale Ladder Handout [16]
application/pdf iconScale Ladder Poster without ruler [17]
application/pdf iconScale Ladder Poster with ruler [18]
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[2] http://www.nisenet.org/node/3401/filefield_compress/all
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/users/jennifer-frazier
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/about/ScaleLadder.jpg
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/community/organizations/exploratorium
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/11
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/size
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/scale-ladder
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/scale
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/graphic
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/category/files-keywords/poster
[13] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nanodays
[14] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/ScaleLadder_Guide_1of2_May10.pdf
[16] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/ScaleLadder_Guide_2of2_May10.pdf
[17] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/ScaleLadder_Poster_2of5_May10.pdf
[18] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/ScaleLadder_Poster_3of5_May10.pdf