Magnification and Scale

Stan Freeda

OPEN NH e-Learning for Educators Coordinator

New Hampshire Department of Education

603.271.5132     sfreeda@ed.state.nh.us

The following resources are from

A Family Day of Literacy

with Activities for all ages!

Sponsored by the Granite State Reading Council

Saturday, April 11, 2009

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Merrimack Valley Middle and High Schools

106 Village Street (Rte 3) Penacook, NH

Videos

Magnified Images   You Tube Video showing various magnified objects.

Powers of 10 Video   You Tube posted video showing distances as they increase 10 times further away.

From Quarks to Outer Space  You Tube video shows the universe from small to large increasing in powers of 10.

The Ride of a Lifetime    You Tube video showing how we travel through space made with free software Celestia.

Images

Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy   This interactive Java tutorial from Molecular Expressions and the Florida State University lets you operate the microscope and view several images.

Image Gallery  Scanning electron microscope images from the Science Learning Network at the Boston Museum of Science.

Images of Insects  A Microbus image gallery of insects from Kenn Wingle.

ImagiNations  Cool Magnified Images from Lehigh University; some of these cool images are interactive.

Microangela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery  Artistically modified electron microscope images from Microangela at the University of Hawaii.

Cellular Imaging Shared Services    Microscopy and imaging resources on the World Wide Web from the University of Arizona.

National Geographic's Best Microscope Images   National Geographic's 2008 best microscope images winners.

Magnification

Interactive Java Tutorials There are several interactive Java tutorials that demonstrate different kinds of microscopes.

Simple Magnification   The Molecular Expressions site from Florida State University has a simple diagram of how lenses magnify.

Stereoscopic Magnification  Take a microscopic tour of a penny from Microbus 

Magnification   The site from the Southwest Local School District in Ohio describes how a microscope works in a little more detail.

Scanning Electron Microscope   Information on the scanning electron microscope from the Boston Musuem of Science.

World of the Scanning Electron Microscope  Information on the scanning electron microscope and picture gallery from Iowa State University.

Virtual Scanning Electron Microscope Operate the scanning electron microscope and view images from the Dennis Kunkel Microscopy Education site.

Zoom In  Zoom in virtually on an ant, a fruit fly, or mosquito from the Dennis Kunkel Microscopy Education Site.

A Question of Scale: Quarks to Quasars   Website presents the Universe in powers of 10 from the smallest quarks to the end of the universe.

Secret Worlds The Universe Within   Powers of 10 tutorial from Molecular Expressions

Software

Celestia Software  The free space simulation software that allows you to explore our Universe in three dimensions.

Resource Links

Here are the actual web addresses for the links provided above.

Interactive Java Tutorials on Microscopy   http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/virtual/virtual.html

Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy    http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electronmicroscopy/magnify1/index.html

Magnification  http://www.southwestschools.org/jsfaculty/Microscopes/Magnification.html

SImple Magnificaiton  http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/microscopy/simplemagnification/index.html

Museum of Science Image Gallery   http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/sem.html

Magnified Images Video on You Tube  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvFbkffhpU

Imaginations from Lehigh University   http://www.lehigh.edu/~inimagin/magimages.html

Microangela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery   http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/microangela/

Cellular Imaging Shared Services   http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/edu/imagesites.php

National Geographic's Best Microscope Images of 2008   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-photos/photo3.html

Scanning Electron Microscope Information - Museum of Science    http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/

Scanning Electron Microscope Information - Iowa State University     http://mse.iastate.edu/microscopy/home.html

Stereoscope Magnification of a Penny     http://www.microscope-microscope.org/advanced/magnification-2.htm

Insect Images from Kenn Wingle on Microbus     http://www.microscope-microscope.org/gallery/Kenn/kenn.htm

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy Education Website   http://education.denniskunkel.com/JavaScriptSEM.php

Zoom In Interactive site    http://education.denniskunkel.com/ZoomIn.php

Powers of 10 Video on You Tube    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2cmlhfdxuY

A Question of Scale; Quarks to Quasars   http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within   http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

From Quarks to Outer Space      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPumskk1dGk&feature=PlayList&p=0A953415152ACEAA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

The RIde of a Lifetime    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrPYQraAcws

Celestia Software Site    http://www.shatters.net/celestia/