How many of these items do you already have? We’ve tried to keep it simple for you by making the majority of the items things most people have within reach (both physically and budget-wise).
The shopping list for Astrophysics is small, as we don’t want you building a nuclear reactor in your garage… we’re going to be doing a lot of stuff online and in the reading for this unit. Subatomic particles moving near the speed of light are hard to work with anyway.
Are you ready?
Shopping List for Unit 7: Astrophysics Click here for Shopping List for Unit 7.
NOTE: Radio Shack part numbers have been replaced. Click here for full chart.
Material List:
2 sheets of paper
Tape
Small rocks
String
Magnet (any size)
Pencil
Radio that tunes near 100 MHz (the one in your car is perfect)
Black construction paper
Marble
Wire coat hanger (without insulation)
Aluminum foil
Clean, empty pickle jar
Hot glue gun, scissors, tape
For Advanced Students:
Clean, empty pickle jar (yes, another one)
Black felt
Small block of dry ice block (use gloves to handle very carefully)
Rubbing alcohol
YES, THAT’S IT!!
No we do live stargazing that is both naked eye and binocular targets.
Do we need to get a telescope?
Unit 7: Astrophysics doesn’t require much math, but if you’d like an in-depth astronomy class that does, go to Unit 24: and click on Algebra and also Geometry!
Dear Team Aurora ;),
I’m planning on letting my next -year -senior take Astrophysics. Are the 3 modules combined one Highschool credit ?
Also, I was very glad not to see to much math ( or am I mistaken) .
Thx kindly ,
Franziska Mickey
Thank you. I’ll call around…
We get ours from our local grocery store, but I know that places that serve hunting/fishing equipment will also know where to find it.
Any recommendation where to buy the dry ice? We live in New Jersey. Thanks! Helen M