Lessons
Download all lessons, along with the glossary and newsletters (doc, pdf).
(Note that the pdf of the newsletters are included in the .doc file.)
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Raisin Bread Universe - Students examine the
idea of inflation in the Universe using rising raisin bread
dough as a model for Universal expansion.
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What's the Problem with Isotropy -
Students explore the cosmic microwave background to understand
why a completely smooth (isotropic) background poses problems
for the Universe we see today.
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Gravitational Waves- Students explore
the idea of gravitational waves and how they were discovered by
Nobel prize winners Hulse and Taylor.
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Melting Ice - Students explore a
discrepant event when they design an experiment to measure the
rate that ice melts when in pure water versus salt water.
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Dark Matter NASA Conference - Students
explore the evidence for dark matter using the measurements made
by the ROSAT X-ray satellite for a small group of galaxies.
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