Lesson Plans:
Using Binary to Send Messages into Space:
To show how messages are
sent into space using radio telescopes with the hope that the messages
will be received and understood by intelligent life in other solar
systems.
Time Travel to the Edge of the Universe and Back!: Students will:
1. study
the size of the universe, 2. calculate the time to travel to near and
distant destinations, 3.construct a time scale model of the universe by
using time travel distances.
Optical Images
Students beginning the study of optics will recite the
law of reflection, but are unable to apply that concept to ray
diagrams when viewing images. Using a laser students can aim at the
image and conceptualize the law of reflection.
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