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Radioastronomy
This resource contains 12 lessons, for students aged 8 to 12, that look at radio waves and other invisible forms of light. Lesson 1: Looking at radio telescopes and objects that do and do not use radio waves Lesson 2: Making an antenna dish from paper to amplify your voice Lesson 3: A discussion on X-rays Lesson 4: Making a model of a radio telescope and making a string telephone Lesson 5: Using a number grid to construct a "radio image" Lesson 6: Making coloured filter glasses Lesson 7: Play 'Happy Families' with six kinds of electromagnetic radiation Lesson 8: Measuring wavelengths Lesson 9: Coding and decoding an "alien message" Lesson 10: Making an antenna dish from aluminium foil to heat up a marshmallow Lesson 11: Showing the radio interference from a mobile phone Lesson 12: Linking the size of a radio dish to the quality of the image
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