UM Astronomy Resources: Scale & Distance
What follows is a list of teaching resources for use in department classes. (They are not for sale!)
Title/Name | Description | Label ID | Resource Type | Location |
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meter sticks | 17 metal and wooden meter sticks | Demonstrations | CSS 0252 | |
Styrofoam balls | Assorted sizes, presumably for use in solar system scale demonstrations | Demonstrations | CSS 0252 | |
Star type scale comparisons | Different sized balls to show sun, white dwarf, neutron star, etc | Demonstrations | CSS 0252 | |
Solar system scale comparisons | Different sized balls to show relative planet sizes | Demonstrations | CSS 0252 | |
How Big is the Universe | Introduces the concept of light year and looking into space as looking into the past. Various analogies are given for distances are given as well as rocket travel time to distance objects . | A21 | Videos | CSS 0252 |
Cosmic Voyage | National Air and Space Museum IMAX film based on the "Powers of Ten". Computer-generated images accompany this tour across 42 orders of magnitude. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. (See Gretchen Walker to borrow this tape). |
E03 | Videos | CSS 0252 |
Powers of Ten | Original version of the famous film about scale | E04 | Videos | CSS 0252 |
Powers of Ten Interactive | This is a "spin off" of the Powers of Ten video. It includes the original movie and other ways to depict distances and scales such as time and patterns. | E16 | Software | CSS 0252 |