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1993 Lessons
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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.
- 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.
- Gravitational Waves- Students explore the idea of gravitational waves and how they were discovered by Nobel prize winners Hulse and Taylor.
- 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.
- 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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