Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Spring 2015 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the AAPT, Texas Section of the APS and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students
Volume 60, Number 2
Thursday–Saturday, March 5–7, 2015; Baytown, Texas
Session F5: AAPT Workshop - Mystery of Dark Matter |
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Chair: Karen Jo Matsler and Evelyn Restivo, University of Texas - Arlington, Waxahachie Early College High School Room: Gray Science Building 134 |
Saturday, March 7, 2015 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
F5.00001: W10 - Mystery of Dark Matter Karen Jo Matsler, Evelyn Restivo The materials presented in this workshop have been developed by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/) and used by teachers across the globe. Participants will engage in activities designed to help students understand the effect of mass on orbits, gravitational lensing, and general concepts of dark matter. Some simple demos will be made by the participants to take back to their classes. Leaders of the workshop are PTRAs that have been trained by the Perimeter Institute. [Preview Abstract] |
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