May
2016
Expanding Universe
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In this lab We used a used a balloon to model the expansion of the universe and how the galaxies within it spread. We labelled the neck of the balloon m (for Milky Way Galaxy) and the rest of the “galaxies” letters a to e, after blowing the ballon to three different sizes and measuring the distance between we could observe our results and look for a pattern that relates to space.
2.
In this lab the balloon represented the universe and showed how it expanded when blown into, and the dots would represent the galaxies within the “universe” and how they moved as the Galaxy expanded.
3.
Some trends in expansion distance I noticed is that the “galaxies” furthest away from M would move the furthest amount of distance from it. And that as the universe grows so does the space within it.
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I think this activity allowed for me to better understand how the universe works and how its contents expand with it. Some things I’m still curious about is, how the first thing was made (in the universe) if it was the first thing ever made, there is a lot of questions I have about this topic but This one I chose because it would answer a lot of the other ones.
quinnm2015
June 3, 2016 at 9:29 pm (8 years ago)I really liked how detailed your blog post is and also how you added photos into your post. Are results are also very similar in a couple ways. I noticed that C ( Fully inflated ) is the furthest away from all of the other ones, this helps demonstrate how the world is expanding!!
Mohammed
June 15, 2016 at 9:10 pm (8 years ago)The design for this is really cool. The only difference between mine and yours is that for me the distance of C is longer than D. I think this lab demonstrates is expanding in all directions by the balloon. As there is more air in the balloon, the letters move far away from each other.