In this detecting dwarf planets learning exercise, high schoolers read about the Webb Space Telescope that will be launched in 2014 to detect dwarf planets using an infrared telescope. Students solve 3 problems and create a graph for...

Students construct a simple refracting telescope. They calculate the magnification.

In this black hole instructional activity, students read about how images fade to black when they reach an event horizon of a black hole. Students solve 3 problems about black holes using a given equation for luminosity. They find the...

Put together the pieces and model a parabola. Learners work through several examples to develop an understanding of a parabola graphically and algebraically.