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SUPERCHARGED SCIENCE

Unit 7: Astrophysics

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Appropriate for Grades:
Lesson 1 (4-12), Lesson 2 (K-12), Lesson 3 (6-12)
Duration: 6-20 hours, depending on how many activities you do!

Is time travel into the future possible? Are there really such bizarre objects
that warp space and freeze time? What about wormholes and tunneling - are

those possible? You bet! We're going to take a sneak peek at the laws of
physics that govern these and more in our adventure through relativity.

Some of the activities and experiments for this unit are in your mind, the
same way Albert Einstein did. Many people think that relativity (and
quantum physics) is way too hard to comprehend. In fact, it doesn't take an
Einstein to understand these concepts at all. In fact, you already know about
special relativity in your everyday life experience.

Astrophysics combines our knowledge of light, chemical reactions, atoms,
energy, and physical motion all into one. The things we’re going to study in
this unit borders on sci-fi weird, but I assure you it’s all the same stuff real

scientists are studying. This unit is broken into three completely separate
sections that you can to in any order. Some are easy-and-fun and others are
mind-bending-hard. If you feel like you’re getting a little lost, simply jump
over to the experiments and just have fun.

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