Critical questions for Scale, Proportion, and Quantity-
How would the phenomenon we are studying look at the micro or nano scale?
How does this interaction affect the global scale?
How does this system look at a smaller and larger scales? What is new and what is the same?
Engineering- Can we make this bigger or smaller? How will it change if we do?
Engineering- What is involved in making this process take place at an industrial scale?
How does this scale relate to you? How much bigger or smaller is it than what you are used to experiencing?
How can we study nature at this scale?
How can we accurately measure this at this scale?
How are the other crosscutting concepts affected at this scale? How are they affected if we change scale?
Based on what I've learned, what other symbol could be used to represent Scale, Proportion, and Quantity?
Questions that connect to the Science and Engineering Practices-
Asking Questions- How does this change at different scales?
Defining Problems- Can I make this bigger or smaller?
Models- How can I make a model that helps me understand nature at this scale?
Investigations- How can we investigate nature at this scale? What tools will we need?
Data- What does the data tell us about how nature works at this scale? What does the data tell us about how the system changes at different scales?
Using Math- How can we use math to describe and measure this scale? How does math help us understand what happens if this gets bigger or smaller? (or increases or decreases)
Computational Thinking- How can we use computers to see how this changes as it gets bigger or smaller?
Explanations- How can I explain how nature works at this scale? Can I explain how what happens at this scale affects nature at other scales?
Solutions- Does a change in size work? How can we make it work?
Argument- What is the evidence that we have for our description of nature at this scale?
Information- What is already known about nature at this scale? How can I best communicate about this scale?
How would the phenomenon we are studying look at the micro or nano scale?
How does this interaction affect the global scale?
How does this system look at a smaller and larger scales? What is new and what is the same?
Engineering- Can we make this bigger or smaller? How will it change if we do?
Engineering- What is involved in making this process take place at an industrial scale?
How does this scale relate to you? How much bigger or smaller is it than what you are used to experiencing?
How can we study nature at this scale?
How can we accurately measure this at this scale?
How are the other crosscutting concepts affected at this scale? How are they affected if we change scale?
Based on what I've learned, what other symbol could be used to represent Scale, Proportion, and Quantity?
Questions that connect to the Science and Engineering Practices-
Asking Questions- How does this change at different scales?
Defining Problems- Can I make this bigger or smaller?
Models- How can I make a model that helps me understand nature at this scale?
Investigations- How can we investigate nature at this scale? What tools will we need?
Data- What does the data tell us about how nature works at this scale? What does the data tell us about how the system changes at different scales?
Using Math- How can we use math to describe and measure this scale? How does math help us understand what happens if this gets bigger or smaller? (or increases or decreases)
Computational Thinking- How can we use computers to see how this changes as it gets bigger or smaller?
Explanations- How can I explain how nature works at this scale? Can I explain how what happens at this scale affects nature at other scales?
Solutions- Does a change in size work? How can we make it work?
Argument- What is the evidence that we have for our description of nature at this scale?
Information- What is already known about nature at this scale? How can I best communicate about this scale?
Why is the hand lens the symbol for Scale? Looking at nature through a hand lens is often a student's first introduction to the idea that the world is different when seen at different scales. Students will learn that lenses have played a big role in advancing science's understanding of both the very large and very small.