FysikLab / SDU -- Visit by KASTEM students from University of Copenhagen -- "Få astronomi & astrofysik i skoleklassen"
Hinse, Tobias Cornelius
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Abstract
FysikLab at SDU/FKF conducted a 4-hr long workshop with KASTEM students (Kandidatuddannelse i STEM-undervisning) offered by University of Copenhagen / Department of Science Education. The primary aim of SDU/FysikLab is to offer educational activities for highschool students with focus on astronomy, astrophysics and space science. However, we also welcome so-called "udskolingselever" comprising of students visiting 9th and 10th level class. The group of student are often found in schools called "Efterskoler" in Denmark. The 10th grade often coincides with "1.g" at highschool. The learning concepts / activities are designed in order to support topics that are taught in 9th, 10th grade as well as all three levels at high school (1.g, 2.g and 3.g). While the material has focus on astronomy, astrophysics and space science the exercises also contain elements of fundamental model creation and formulation of assumptions that allows testing of ideas and concepts. The students were given a brief introduction to the following hands-on exercises: 1) Worlds largest firework (sound & light; model creation, assumptions, distance estimation, notion of simultaneous events). 2) Light and diffraction phenomena (Huygens wavelets, diffraction through a small aperture, Airy pattern, diffraction spikes in JWST/HST images). 3) Transiting extrasolar planets and moons (observation of a transiting planet, size of planets, photometric signature of an exomoon, orbital period, data sampling/cadence). 4) Cosmological gravitational lensing phenomena (lensing by analogy, point-source lens, lensing phenonmena from anisotrropic mass distribution, Einstein ring/cross). 5) Parallax effect and distance measurement (measuring angles using a cross-staff, model creation, measuring distance to the nearest stars, Earth as a moving platform). (I forgot to offer the impact crater experiment; next year). Each exercise was discussed at the end as part of small 10 minute presentations. Kandidatuddannelse i STEM-undervisning https://kurser.ku.dk/course/nndk20004u/ https://www.ind.ku.dk/english/staff-auto-list/?pure=en/persons/742112 SDU FysikLab
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Videnskabsformidlingsaktivitet – Science Communication – FysikLab@SDU – 07. October 2025 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Formidlingsaktivitet Art: FysikLab / STEM projekt-baseret læring & didaktik Sted: SDU / FysikLab. Skole: KASTEM / KU / IND (https://www.ind.ku.dk/projekter/kastem/) Dato: 07. October 2025. Tid: 13:00 – 17:00. Antal deltager: 12. GDPR / pictures for public? Yes. Permission obtained. Lærerkontakt: Magdalena Kersting (Assistant Prof., PhD, KU/IND). https://www.magdalenakersting.com/ https://www.ind.ku.dk/english/staff-auto-list/?pure=en/persons/742112 Formidler: Tobias Cornelius Hinse (SDU/FKF). Side 1 / 8
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Videnskabsformidlingsaktivitet – Science Communication – FysikLab@SDU – 07. October 2025 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ This project is partially supported by Novo Nordisk Fonden; "FysikLab: an inspiring project based learning lab environment for high school students"; project number ID: NNF23OC0086685 Side 8 / 8
