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Tyler August, MSc HANDS-ON ASTROPHYSICS Story animals ? Yes, BUT we are tool users first and last. We think in stories. We learn with our hands. Play = hands on learning Play = hands on learning Wait. What? PLAY ASTROPHYSICS? Madness! 1

  1. Tyler August, MSc HANDS-ON ASTROPHYSICS

  2. Story animals ? Yes, BUT we are tool users first and last.

  3. We think in stories. We learn with our hands.

  4. Play = hands on learning

  5. Play = hands on learning

  6. Wait. What? PLAY ASTROPHYSICS? Madness!

  7. 1 ST GEN: LOOK. READ. SNORE.

  8. 2 ND GEN: PUSH BUTTONS.

  9. 3 RD GEN: TOUCH. FEEL. PLAY.

  10. A ction “Try this!” What our human is going to do. C onfirmation What they just saw happen. E xplanation Why it happened, and the science behind it.

  11. Gravity Well Can teach: • Kepler’s Laws • Inverse-square law • General Relativity – Gravitational Lensing

  12. Gravity Well Spandex + Hula-hoop = spacetime! (Image credit UToledo)

  13. Tactile wins >>2x interactions

  14. Classical Analogies (Image credit Dr Martin Archer, St Mary’s College London)

  15. But I don’t have a Science Center!

  16. Pop-up exhibits! Pop-up anywhere. • On campus? • Public Libraries? • Parks? • Malls?

  17. Pocket Science (noun) a small hand-held science demo, typically able to fit into one’s pocket.

  18. Go past prose. Go past graphics. Give them play, and they will learn.

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