Monday, February 15, 2010

Gone to Wrestling

  • Note packet (get when you come back), especially focusing on the idea of the proton-proton chain (see http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/ppchain.html )
  • Blog post: Will the world end in 2012? See below
  • Telescope worksheets (2). The first one has a website, the second one requires research on the web. Pay careful attention to Hubblesite.org and http://chandra.harvard.edu
  • Neutrino website, with a 4 paragraph reflection on your blog. Answer the following questions:

a) what are neutrinos?
b) why are they so important to understanding the sun?
c) would YOU be able to persist for as long as Bahcall and Davis did when people doubted your experiment? Explain your viewpoint (seriously, I often wonder if I would have been able to do it....)
d) what is the importance of neutrinos having mass
e) where are neutrinos being researched around the world?

Neutrino site