SCALE usage scenarios
The following are some examples of how SCALE might be put to use:A High School student taking chemistry wants to read a page in the NSDL. It contains a few terms he hasn't encountered yet, and a few he needs to review. He adds links from an online chemistry reference and is able to understand the contents of the page.
An undergraduate Physics major is interested in reading an article from an Astronomy journal for an upcoming paper. She goes to the SCALE site and selects her Astro 101 textbook from a list. She then reads the article, which now contains links to Astronomy terms that are not covered by her book.
A post-doc Biology researcher needs to learn about Bioinformatics. She knows the Biology, but needs help with the data structures and algorithms. She goes to the SCALE site and reads through the available lists, selecting Mathematics and Computer Science lists, but unselecting Biology links. She is then able to read texts and journal articles about Bioinformatics, with links filling in the areas she isn't familiar with.
