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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

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HANDS-ON ASTROPHYSICS

Tyler August, MSc

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Story animals? Yes, BUT

we are

tool users

first and last.

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We think in stories. We learn with our hands.

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Play = hands on learning

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Play = hands on learning

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PLAY ASTROPHYSICS?

  • Wait. What?

Madness!

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1ST GEN: LOOK. READ. SNORE.

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2ND GEN: PUSH BUTTONS.

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3RD GEN: TOUCH. FEEL. PLAY.

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A C E

ction

  • nfirmation

xplanation

“Try this!” What our human is going to do. What they just saw happen. Why it happened, and the science behind it.

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Gravity Well

Can teach:

  • Kepler’s Laws
  • Inverse-square law
  • General Relativity

– Gravitational Lensing

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Gravity Well

(Image credit UToledo) Spandex + Hula-hoop = spacetime!

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Tactile wins

>>2x interactions

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Classical Analogies

(Image credit Dr Martin Archer, St Mary’s College London)

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But I don’t have a Science Center!

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Pop-up exhibits!

Pop-up anywhere.

  • On campus?
  • Public Libraries?
  • Parks?
  • Malls?
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Pocket Science

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

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