Interactive for transit method

Practical Activity for 11-14 IOP RESOURCES

The light grapher interactive below is for use with the transit method activity to model how astronomers detect exoplanets.

Light grapher

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Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Earth and Space

Some students think the stars and constellations appear in the same place in the sky every night

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Some students believe the image in a mirror is on the mirror (rather than behind it)

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RESEARCH REVIEW Forces and Motion

Many students think of a force as a property of objects, not as something that arises when two objects interact

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