Results and publications for studies are listed at the bottom of the page.
Scale and Scaling Effects on the Web
http://www.vendian.org/envelope/dir1/scaling_to_desktop.html
Scaling the Universe to your Desktop -- Jumps by three orders of magnitude
to develop a sense of relative scale within those three orders of magnitude,
then links from one jump to the next larger or smaller. “Rooms”
each contain objects spanning 3 orders of magnitude within them.
http://www.vendian.org/envelope/dir0/scales.html
Starting point for “Back of the Envelope” web site related
to scale and scaling. Great links to other websites.
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/cosmicview/pages/page35.html
Has “Cosmic view: The universe in 40 jumps”
http://www.powersoften.com/
Powers of Ten -- From the “Time” portion of the website
(at 10 ^19 seconds), LINKS BETWEEN LARGE AND SMALL 10+19 seconds is
300 billion years or 100 times the age of the Moon--a time period far
beyond our realm.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Another version of a powers of ten jump (java applet with either automatic
or manual mode)
http://invsee.asu.edu/Modules/size&scale/unit3/unit3.htm
Good scale charts (logarithmic with images of objects and which microscopes
function at which scale). Has figure captioned “Scale of our material
world: from galaxies to atoms.” Also has diagram “overview
of the history of microscopes” including chart of when developed
and scale of use.
http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/Microcosm/P10/english/P-2.html
An interesting site where you can jump powers of ten
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/hextend1.html
Relates pH to powers of 10 (an example of a logarithmic scale)
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/powers/powers.shtml
Basic Math, Scientific Notation, and Astronomical Dimensions, Dealing
with Numbers Great and Small
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/15jan_nano.htm
Voyage of the Nano-Surgeons -NASA-funded scientists are crafting microscopic
vessels that can venture into the human body and repair problems –
one cell at a time.
http://www.nano.org.uk/images.htm
Institute of nanotechnology. Lots of great nanoscale images.
http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Gallery/Captions/index.html
Lots of cool nanoscale images from the nanomedicine art gallery. Most
are biology-related, but not all.
http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/enloephysics/Scaling/Page_1x.html
Liz Woolard’s “Physics of Scaling” page (Enloe HS)
http://hep.ucsb.edu/courses/ph6b_99/0111299sci-scaling.html
Of Mice and Elephants: A Matter of Scale -- Good overview of the development
of scaling laws in the 1980s and 1990s, including an extension from
the animal world into the plant world. Nice discussion of the universality
of these laws revealing underlying pattern and structure.
The link From the Small to the Huge, how body size and energy consumption
differ on this site goes to a picture of a log-log graph and elephant
comparing the metabolic rates of mammals which shows that bigger mammals
are more efficient in energy consumption.
The link Like an Ant, Only Bigger?, strength vs. proportion
on this site goes to a picture of Superman and an explanation from DC
Comics that Superman’s strength comes from different scaling laws
on his home planet of Krypton.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/sizeandscale/
Discovery Channel school web site with lesson plans (mostly involving
scale models of the solar system). Has suggestions for a variety of
books related to scale and scaling effects along with discussion questions
related to the lesson that look promising. Also has a link to a video
“Size and Scale – Skyscrapers.”
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/earthmag/peek/pages/clock.htm
This link portrays geologic time on a 24 hour clock = 4.5 billion years
of Earth's existence, but maybe same thing could be done with size scale.
http://www.amnh.org/rose/scales.html
Hayden Planetarium scale exhibits
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html
Has explorations through time including “Understanding Geologic
Time.”
http://www.concord.org/newsletter/2001spring/zoomin.html
Molecular Workbench project. Describes software that allows students
to enter the atomic-scale world and see what the results of their experimentation
in the macroworld, such as increased salinity, has on the atomic-scale
world.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/perspectives.html
Examines Powers of 10 and tools scientists use to objects of different
sizes.
Includes a link to a “Power of 10” type java interactive
tutorial where students soar through space, and a second link to a “Virtual
Scanning Electron Microscope” java interactive tutorial where
students explore the microscopic world.
http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehi-tv/illustrations.html
Cool illustrations and movie animations of biomolecular processes (DNA,
nerve cells, white blood cells, malaria, etc.) Some animations include
jiggle to simulate Brownian motion at that scale.
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp
The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item,
the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What
would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?" Site provides
a nice concrete anchor for students’ conceptions of quantity.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/virtual/virtual.html
Molecular Expressions Virtual Microscopy Website includes an interactive
Java-powered virtual microscopes that we have constructed. These virtual
microscopes explore specimen focus, illumination intensity, magnification,
and translation---operating essentially in a manner that is identical
to real-life microscopes.
Read more About Scale and Scaling
Books
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., and Falvo, M. (in press). Extreme science. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press.
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., Broadwell, B., and Falvo, M. (2007). Nanoscale science. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press.
Book Chapters
Jones, M. G., & Broadwell, B. (2008). Visualizing without vision. In J. Gilbert, M. Nakhleh, and M. Reiner (Eds.) Visualization: Theory and practice in science education. Springer, 283-294.
Jones, M. G. (2008). Exploring nanoscale science with middle and high school students. Exploring nanoscale science with middle and high school students. In A. Sweeney and S. Seal (Eds.), Nanoscale science and engineering education: Issues, trends, and future directions. American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA.
Paechter, M., Jones M. G., Tretter, T., Bokinsky, A., Kubasko, D., Negishi A. & Andre, T. (2006). Hands-on in science education: Multimedia instruction that is appealing to female and male students. In D. Grabe & L. Zimmermann (Eds.), Multimedia Applications in Education (p. 78-85). Graz: FH Joanneum. (Best Paper Award, September, 6th 2006).
Jones, M.G., & Edmunds, J. (2005). Models of elementary science instruction: Roles of science resource teachers. In K. Appleton, (Ed.). Elementary science teacher education: Contemporary issues and practice. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum in association with AETS.
Jones,M. G., Bokinsky, A., Tretter, T., Negishi, A., Kubasko, D., Superfine, R., Taylor, R. (2003). Atomic force microscopy with touch: Educational applications. Science, technology and education of microscopy: An overview, vol. II, (pp. 776-686). A. Mendez-Vilas, (Ed.). Madrid, Spain: Formatex.
Taylor, R., Borland, D., Brooks, F., Falvo, M., Guthold, M., Hudson, T., Jeffay, K., Jones, M. G., Marshburn, D., Papadakis, S., Qin, L., Seeger, A., Smith, F., Sonnenwald, D., Superfine, R., Washburn, S., Weigle, C., Whitton, M., Williams, P., Vicci, L., Robnette, W. (2004). Visualization and natural control systems for microscopy. In C. Johnson and C. Hansen (Eds.). Visualization handbook. Burlington MA: Academic Press, 875-900.
Malloy, C., & Jones, M. G. (2001). An investigation of African-American students' mathematical problem solving. In J. Sowder & B. Schappelle (Eds.) Research, reflection, and practice, (pp. 91-195). Reston, VA: NCTM.
Superfine, R., Falvo, M., Steele, J., Matthews, G., Guthold, M., Erie, D., Helser, A., Jones, M. G., Taylor, R., Washburn, S. (2000). Touching on the nanometer scale: Slip, roll and tear. In Microbeam Analysis 2000, 165, (pp. 369-370). Institute of Physics Conference Series.
Research Articles
Gardner, G., & Jones, M. G. (in press). Bacteria buster: Testing antibiotic properties of silver nanoparticles, The American Biology Teacher.
Krebs, D., Banks, A., & Jones, M. G. (2008). We scream for Nano Ice Cream. Manuscript submitted for review.
Krebs. D., Jones, M. G., Forrester, J., Robertson, L., Gardner, G., & Taylor, A. (2008). Social justice for students with visual impairments: Accuracy of measurement estimation. Manuscript submitted for review.
Jones, M. G., & Taylor, A. (in press). Developing a sense of scale: Looking backward. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Taylor, A., & Jones, M. G. (2008). Students’ and teachers’ conceptions of surface area to
volume in science contexts: What factors influence the understanding of the concept of scale? Paper submitted for review.
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., & Broadwell, B. (in press). Concepts of scale held by students with visual impairment. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Taylor, A., & Jones, M. G. (2008). Proportional reasoning ability and concepts of scale: Surface area to volume relationships in science. International Journal of Science Education. Retrieved from
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a792112881?words=jones&hash=880435510
Jones, M. G., Tretter, T., Taylor, A., & Oppewal, T., (2008). Experienced and novice teachers’ Concepts of spatial scale. International Journal of Science Education, 30 (3), 409-429.
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., & Broadwell, B. (2008). Estimating linear size and scale: Body rulers. International Journal of Science Education.
Taylor, A., Jones, M. G., & Pearl, T. (2008). Shaky, Sticky, Bumpy: Nanoscale science and the curriculum. Science Scope, 31, 28-35.
Jones, M. G., Tretter, T., Paechter, M., Kubasko, D., Andre, T., Negishi, A., Bokinsky, A. (2007). Differences in African American and European American students’ engagement with nanotechnology experiences: Perceptual position or assessment artifact? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44, (6), 787-789.
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., Minogue, J., Broadwell, B., Wiebe,E., and Carter, G. (2007). Understanding scale: Powers of ten. Journal of Science Education and Technology Education, 16(2), 191-202.
Jones, M. G., Minogue, J., Oppewal, T., Cook, M., & Broadwell, B. (2006). Visualizing without vision at the microscale: Students with visual impairment explore cells with touch, Journal of Science Education and Technology, 15, 1573-1839.
Jones, M. G. & Rua, M. (2008). Conceptual representations of flu and microbial illness held by students, teachers, and medical professionals. School Science and Mathematics, 108(6), 263-278.
Falvo, M., Jones, M. G., Broadwell, B. (2006). Self-Assembly – How nature builds. Science Teacher, 73(9), 54-57.
Tretter, T. R., Jones, M. G., Andre, T., Negishi, A., & Minogue, J. (2006). Conceptual boundaries and distances: Students' and adults' concepts of the scale of scientific phenomena. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 83, 282-319.
Jones, M. G., Broadwell, B., Falvo, M., Minogue, J., & Oppewal, T. (2005). It’s a small world after all: Exploring nanotechnology in our clothes. Science and Children, 43(2), 44-46.
Jones, G., & Rua, M. (2006). Conceptions of germs: Expert to novice understandings of microorganisms. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 10(3) [Online].
Available: http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/crowther/ejse/ejsev9n1.html [2006, March].
Tretter, T. R., Jones, M. G., & Minogue, J. (2006). Accuracy of scale conceptions in science: Mental maneuverings across many orders of spatial magnitude. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(10), 1061-1085.
Jones, M. G., Andre, T., Kubasko, D., Bokinsky, A., Tretter, T., Negishi, A., Taylor, R., Superfine, R. (2004). Remote atomic force micrscopy of microscopic organisms: Technological innovations for hands-on science with middle and high school students. Science Education, 88, 55-71.
Jones, M. G., Andre, T., Kubsko, D., Bokinsky, A., Tretter, T., Negishi, A., Taylor, R., & Superfine, R. (2004). Remote Atomic Force Microscopy of microscopic organisms: Technological innovations for hands-on science with middle and high school students. Science Education, 88, 55-70.
Tretter, T., & Jones, M.G. (2003). A sense of scale. Science Teacher, 70 (1), 22-25.
Jones, M.G., Andre, T., Superfine, R., Taylor, R. (2003). Learning at the nanoscale: The impact of students’ use of remote microscopy on concepts of viruses, scale, and microscopy. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40, (3), 303-322.
Jones, M. G. (2007) Nanoscale education, ASTEC Dimensions.
Jones, M. G., Falvo, M., Taylor, A., & Broadwell, B. (2007). Build a virus. The Science Reflector, 36(2), http://www.ncsta.org/reflector/archives/summer07/activity.html.
Minogue, J.,Jones, M. G., Oppewal, T., & Broadwell, B., (2006). The Impact of haptic feedback on students' understandings of the animal cell. Proceedings of the National Association of Research In Science Teaching Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Jones, M. G., Minogue, J., Oppewal, T., Cook, M., & Broadwell, B. (2006). Visualizing without vision at the microscale: Students with visual impairment explore cells with touch. Proceedings of the National Association of Research In Science Teaching Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Tretter, T., Jones, M. G., Minogue, J. (2006). Navigating across spatial scales in science: Different worlds, unifying concept. Proceedings of the National Association of Research In Science Teaching Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.