http://phy.sites.mtu.edu/RETlessonplans/
This website contains the ongoing work created by high school teachers during their time at a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) within the Physics Department at Michigan Technological University. During their RET, teachers worked with the astrophysicists and graduate students of the Michigan Tech group of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) project. Their task was to create lessons and activities that take the work being done in the HAWC group and make it accessible to students, particularly at the high school level. The lessons introduce students to high-energy particle astrophysics through activities ranging in complexity from introductory general science topics to more specific and advanced (astro)physics topics, all while incorporating how important it is to understanding the universe around us. The discovery of the micro-quasar SS 433 is used to illustrate how the scientific method was used to explain and understand the observations astronomers were making. Students...