Tuesday 26 August 2014

Black Holes


One of the topics we wanted to learn more about was Black Holes. We started by looking at this video clip:

PLAY VIDEO

We used the following website to find out more about Black Holes, from other people's Frequently Asked Questions: HubbleSite


Mr Nicoll used the idea of a balloon to help us understand the forces that cause a large star to collapse and form a Black Hole:




From this, we had two tasks to carry out:
  1. DESCRIBE Black Holes

  1. SEQUENCE how Black Holes are created


Those doing Black Holes as their Research Project have one more important task:
  1. INFER what is inside Black Holes (or on "the other side"). Remember to include evidence in your answer, not just popular Science Fiction.


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