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What do you call a tiny collection of galaxies? A puny-verse! Young scholars graph data gathered by scientists studying Cepheids. They attempt to identify a relationship between the variables through standard and logarithmical graphing. At the end, they read the paper written by the original scientists and compare theories.
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Instructional Ideas
- A field trip to a planetarium or having a guest speaker come to class would help clarify these concepts
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson requires a great deal of prior knowledge from math, physics, and space science
- The exercise would best fit at the end of a unit covering Cepheids
Pros
- The lesson is in a 5E format
- Materials include an answer key for the graphs
Cons
- Resource does not include any hands-on components