Scales in space and time
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Explore the fascinating world of scales in space and time through the study of an oak tree. This free course covers physics, chemistry, biology, and environmental sciences, offering a comprehensive understanding of size and time scales in science. Learn to collect information from various sources, convert units and scales using math skills, and discover how processes at one scale can impact processes at another scale. Start your scientific journey today!
Scale – dealing with the miniscule to the massive, over milliseconds to millennia – is central to all the sciences. In this free course, Scales in space and time, you’ll go to the absolute limits of what can be measured – all through a study of an oak tree! By studying it you will be introduced to concepts in physics, chemistry, biology and life-sciences, and Earth and environmental sciences. Across these multiple disciplines you will meet time scales that include ages, durations and rates, and size scales including distances in three dimensions, which underpin areas and volumes.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the range of size and time scales encountered in science
Collect information from multiple sources
Use maths skills to convert between units and scales
Describe how processes on one scale can impact processes at another scale.
