Conference PaperShrink or grow the kids? Scale cognition in an immersive virtual environment for K-12 summer campWu, Linfeng; Chen, Karen B.; Sekelsky, Brian; Peterson, Matthew; Harper-Gampp, Tyler; Delgado, CesarVirtual reality (VR) has been widely used for education and affords embodied learning experiences. Here we describe: Scale Worlds (SW), an immersive virtual environment to allow users to shrink or grow by powers of ten (10X) and experience entities from molecular to astronomical levels; and students’ impressions and outcomes from experiencing SW in a CAVE (Figure 1) during experiential summer outreach sessions. Data collected from post-visit surveys of 69 students, and field observations, revealed that VR technologies: enabled interactive learning experiences; encouraged active engagement and discussions among participating students; enhanced the understanding of size and scale; and increased interest in STEM careers.2023-03-01104217432023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)721 to 722https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.002032055680National Science Foundation