Here's a captivating interactive website from Nikon called Universcale.
Here's the premise of the website...
We are able to view all entities, from the microworld to the universe, from a single perspective. By setting them up against a scale, we are able to compare and understand things which cannot be physically compared.
Today, using the electron microscope and astronomical telescope, we can see the objects which we have not been aware of its existence before. Are you able to fathom, or even roughly grasp, these sizes?
See our Universcale and experience the sizes of various objects.
I became absolutely absorbed with this website as a learning tool and was even more amazed when I displayed it on my SMART Board. What a great way to help students grasp the enormity of flea when compared to an amoeba or the relative smallness of a jumbo jet when compared to the Great Pyramid of King Khufu.
Please pass this along to the entire staff at your school so it can be shared with as many students as possible.
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