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Cosmic Rays and Solar Cells
In this cosmic rays and solar cells learning exercise, students read about how cosmic rays damage the electrical output of solar cells over time on satellites. Students use a graph of the solar power output compared to the year for the...
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Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier
In this power law function instructional activity, students use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Changes in Force, Motion, and Energy
Eighth graders construct various machines and compare the work done by them.
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The Hand of Chandra!
In this nebula worksheet, students read about the Chandra X-ray Observatory that captured the given image of a pulsar and its nebula. Students solve 3 problems including using similar triangles and proportions to find the image width,...