Telescope Lens Activity

In class on Friday, you will be doing a lab where you will create a simple telescope using lenses. Please print this worksheet and bring it to class to receive credit for the activity.

TelescopeLensActivity.pdf

Assignment 7 + Assignment 8

When I posted Assignment 7, I accidentally included several questions that I had intended for Assignment 8. Rather than have people redo these, I have renamed this homework to be "Assignment 7 + Assignment 8" and have set the due date to March 18th. Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

PhET Simulations

Today in class, we will be using two PhET simulations produced by the University of Colorado. Click on the images below to go to the correct simulation.

Galileoscope

The Galileoscope is finally in production and I have one ordered! If this is any good, I might try to write some labs where you use one on your own. Rumor has it that this is a very good telescope for $15. We'll see when mine shows up!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/10/spread-the-joy-of-astronomy-with-a-galileoscope/