A Radio Astronomy Design Project
During this lesson, students will be introduced to Radio astronomy and the telescopes which are used in the discipline. They will then be challenged to design a dish for a brand-new telescope.
NGSS Standards
HS-PS4-1 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer. Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.
HS-PS4-5 Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.
Materials
lasers
flat mirrors
protractors
large sheets of paper
student computers
Key Words
Radio Astronomy
Radio Telescope
Radio Frequencies
Downloadable Materials
Teacher
Student
Acknowledgments
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The photo is courtesy of Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF
