Your Research Challenges
A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy far, far
away……
Scientist:
Nino Panagia
Challenge: Travel back in time and find the first
galaxies.
Science
learning objectives: Origin and evolution of the Universe, redshift.
Scientist:
Nino Panagia
Challenge: Estimate the Number of Galaxies in the
Universe
Maths
learning objectives: Understanding very large numbers,
distance/speed/time relationship, representative sampling, understanding &
using standard form (including reading from a calculator), estimating,
speed/distance/time formula, reading from graphs, using scientific formula
Discovering
Star Life Cycles in Galactic Fireworks
Scientist:
Jesus Maiz
Challenge:
Find different stages of star life cycles in a galaxy
Science
learning objectives: Star life cycles
Challenge:
Process images that explain how a star forming region evolves
Science
learning objectives: Star life cycles,
planetary system formation
Scientist: Inga Kamp
Challenge: Use HST images to tell the story of how our
solar system formed
Science
learning objectives: solar system formation
Maths
learning objectives: multiplying with big numbers, adding and subtracting
standard form, percentage of
Saturn Reflecting the
Spectrum
Scientist:
Keith Knoll
Challenge: Discover what the atmosphere and rings of
the planet are made of
Science
learning objectives: EM spectrum –
different properties of IR, visible and UV.
Scientist:
Keith Knoll
Challenge: Creating a Model to Predict Hubble’s View of
Saturn
Maths
learning objectives:
Science
learning objectives: orbital nature of
a year, planetary tilts and seasons
Maths
learning objectives: 2D representations of 3D shapes, angles &
trigonometry, modelling with graphs and MS Excel, transformations (stretch
& translate), trigonometry
How did a Galaxy Get a Black Eye?
Scientist:
Stephen Smartt
Challenge:
Discover how one of the most weird looking galaxies
got a shiner
Science
learning objectives: Nature of galaxies, star life cycles
Hit-and-Run: a Cosmic Collision
Scientist:
Richard de Grijs
Challenge:
Combine images taken using different parts of the EM spectrum
Science
learning objectives: properties of EM spectrum, nature of galaxies, star life
cycles
Growing Faster than the Speed
of Light?
Scientist:
Nino Panagia and Howard Bond
Challenge:
Solve a cosmic mystery using mathematics
Science
learning objectives: star life cycles,
speed, electromagnetic waves
Maths
learning objectives: size and units, measuring,
speed/distance/time formula, mathematical modelling, 2D representation of 3D
problems, constructions, triangles & Pythagoras, drawing & interpreting
graphs
Scientist:
Frank Summers and Lisa Frattare
Science
Challenge: Solving the mystery of weird looking astronomical objects
Science
learning objectives: star life cycles
Maths
learning objectives: 2D representation of 3D problems.