WHAT MODELS CAN REPRESENT?
Models can represent...
objects that are too small to see
objects that are too big to see
objects that no longer exist
objects that have not yet been
invented
events that occur too slowly to see
events that occur too fast to see
events that have yet to happen
Example
Model of an atom or a cell
Model of the planets
Model of a dinosaur
Prototype models such as a
model of a robot
Model of mountain formation
Model to predict an
earthquake
Models of weather systems