Micro-Macro Images

Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Art & Environment, Scale

Ed Hessler

NASA presents nine pairs of micro-macro images and asks viewers to decide which is which.

Here they are. 

There is an introduction, a discussion of scale and color, resources and and a section where you can learn more about the pairs.

If you are interested in the idea of scale in schools see the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The seven cross cutting concepts from this document may be viewed in this handy matrix for each of them, grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. One of them is Scale, Proportion and Quantity.