Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Hands-on galaxy

Today, you will turn those turntables into a galaxy of choice.  It must include the following


  • a black hole
  • a dust cloud/nebula
  • stars that include the O B A F G K M L classification  
  • a Cepheid variable
  • a globular cluster
  • a solar system
  • some dark matter
  • halo stars
  • gravitational lens
Along with this you will need to include a series of two post-it note explanations for each component of the galaxy.  Post its are on the table.   The first note should an explanation of the component, and the second note should provide some idea of why I should be interested in the piece at all?

There are sooooooooooo many links out there to research these pieces that I've only provided a few.   Consider the source---in this case, Wikipedia does very little to inspire interest, even though it does tell you something about the pieces



http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/stellar_evolution.html


Understanding 21-cm Lines

Now that you have your turntable, let's stop and think.

You are in a car on a snowy night.  The heater and radio are running as you put it in gear and pull out of the parking lot.   You travel down the street and turn to head home.  Suddenly, a gust of violent wind makes a temporary whiteout, and you have to cope.  Suddenly, your cell phone rings.

What wavelengths of light are affecting you at this moment?

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Einstein quiz




http://www.astrophysicsspectator.com/topics/generalrelativity/GravitationalLensPointSim.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_ring.

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