Students will learn, through research and debate, about the conflicts that can arise between astronomical and local communities over the construction of observatories.
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the “West Computers” or “West Area Computers” – a group of African-American women who worked as “human computers” at NASA Langley Research Center from the 1940s onward. Students will practice using scientific notation and calculations as if they were computers at NASA Langley Research Center.
In this two-part lesson plan, students will learn about the life of theoretical physicist Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. and string theory, his field of research.
Students will read a real paper that was submitted to the Royal Society by Hertha Ayrton in 1911 and will learn about the connection between science and the development of technology.
