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| Paper: |
Using Models to Address Misconceptions in Size and Scale Related to the Earth, Moon, Solar System, and Universe |
| Volume: |
473, Communicating Science |
| Page: |
285 |
| Authors: |
Lebofsky, L. A.; Cañizo, T. L.; Lebofsky, N. R.; McCarthy, D. W.; Higgins, M. L.; Salthouse, K. |
| Abstract: |
Many children and adults have misconceptions about space-related size and distance: Earth-Moon size and distance, distance between the planets, distances to the nearest stars (other than the Sun), the size of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the size of the Universe. An illustration or visualization may reinforce someone's understanding of, for example, the phases of the Moon. However, what other misconceptions, especially related to scale, are being reinforced? |
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