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 that people on opposite sides of the Earth experience different phases of the moon

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RESEARCH REVIEW Forces and Motion

Many students do not clearly distinguish the ideas of instantaneous and average speed

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Many students do not fully understand the connection between a light source, an object, and the eye looking at the object to describe a mechanism for sight

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