Seeing Black Holes with an Earth-sized Telescope and Understanding the Image of M87*
Theme:
Grades 9-12
What:
Session
When:
3:15 PM, Friday 7 Feb 2020
(1 hour 30 minutes)
Where:
Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus)
- Discovery
How:
Participants
utilize teacher resources from Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Activities explore: How does the EHT maximize resolving power?, How can one
interpret the features of the M87* image? The session includes hands-on
activities that simulate the effect that telescope diameter and diffraction
have on the sharpness of an image. https://spacecenter.grenadine.co/seec2020/form/SessionEval |
Who's Attending
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Greg Pitonza
Middle School Technology and STEM Teacher, Canajoharie Middle School -
Justin Brodie
Caney Creek High -
Bryan Worobec
Vegreville Composite High School -
Frank Ritter
Science Teacher, Early Middle School -
Leslie McFadden
LCPS -
Rebecca Macklin
Teacher -
Kristine Record
Science Teacher, Cactus High School, Glendale Community College -
Yolonda Simon
Science Teacher, Little Elm ISD -
Michael Jorgensen
Park City SD -
Mrs. Ana Luisa Monge-Naranjo
Author, psychologist and translator., Costa Rica Institute of Technology -
Emanuel Martinez
Washington High School/ HISD