School Activities to Celebrate the Centenary of the Wallal Eclipse Expedition

Autor/inn/en	Blair, David; Kaur, Jyoti; Popkova, Anastasia
Titel	School Activities to Celebrate the Centenary of the Wallal Eclipse Expedition
Quelle	In: Teaching Science, 68 (2022) 3, S.23-27 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-6313
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Recognition (Achievement); Foreign Countries; Scientific Concepts; Indigenous Populations; Learning Activities; Elementary Secondary Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Soziale Anerkennung; Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Lernaktivität; Australien
Abstract	On September 21, 1922, an eclipse of the Sun at Wallal in north-west Australia provided definitive proof that Einstein's theory of gravity is correct. By proving that space is elastic, it paved the way for the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, in which Australia also played a major role. David Blair, Jyoti Kaur, and Anastasia Popkova are part of Einstein-First, a national project that is part of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav). The aim of the project is to introduce Einsteinian physics throughout the school curriculum, and all across Australia. This article describes the authors' visit to Karalundi College in June 2022. This article describes how they presented a program about the Wallal eclipse expedition, gravity, and curved space at this Aboriginal boarding school in outback Western Australia. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Science Teachers Association. P.O. Box 334, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-02-6282-9377; Fax: +61-02-6282-9477; e-mail: publications@asta.edu.au; Web site: https://www.asta.edu.au/resources/teaching-science-journal/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01