Big Ideas Of Science
Subject Domains
- Acceleration
- Angular Acceleration
- Angular Velocity
- Astronomical Objects And Their Characteristics
- Astronomy
- Astronomy Related Sciences And Fields Of Study
- Central Field
- Centre Of Mass
- Collision
- Effect And Phenomena
- Elliptical Galaxy
- Energy
- Energy
- Fields
- Forces And Motion
- Formation
- Galactic Wind
- Galaxies And Dwarf Galaxies
- Galaxy Clusters
- Gravitational Field
- Gravitational Force And Gravity
- Irregular Galaxy
- Kinetic Energy
- Newton's Laws
- Physics
- Potential Energy
- Spiral Galaxy
- Stars
- Universe - Generally
- Velocity
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Description
In this activity students investigate the different shapes of galaxies and their origin. They observe images taken from telescopes which depict interacting galaxies and in sequence they use the “Galaxy Crash” simulation in order to simulate the creation of these galaxies. In addition, using the simulation, students are given the opportunity to experiment and discover different galactical shapes which they are then asked to classify.
Prior Knowledge Requirements
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