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Shadow Play [PDF]

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Introduction: Everyone and everything has a shadow. Shadows illustrate how threedimensional objects can be viewed in two dimensions. Younger students can learn about the Sun’s relative motion in the sky as they experiment with shadows.McDonald ...
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Super Gelatin [PDF]

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Introduction: Can gelatin (like Jell-O) change the speed of light? Students investigate the refraction properties of gelatin to calculate its index of refraction and discover that as the light travels through the gelatin, its speed and wavelength also ...
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XMM-Newton observatory. I. The spacecraft and operations

open access: yes, 2001
F. Jansen   +14 more
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Reflective Solar Cooker [PDF]

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Introduction: This reflective solar cooker uses the Sun’s energy to cook marshmallows. The target cooking area is the space where the light concentration is greatest. Never look directly at the Sun! It could damage your eyes. Don’t allow the cooker to
McDonald Observatory   +1 more
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory II: All Sky Searches: Atmospheric, Diffuse and EHE [PDF]

open access: green, 2011
Rasha Abbasi   +99 more
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Equatorial Sundial [PDF]

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Introduction: One of astronomy’s first tools to measure the flow of time, a sundial is simply a stick that casts a shadow on a face marked with units of time. As Earth spins, the shadow sweeps across the face.
Mcdonald Observatory   +1 more
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