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Thursday, 20 September 2018

Von Schwarzen Löchern und Nanoteilchen

Der Weltraum - unendliche Weiten. Einige der Geheimnisse, die er birgt, werden auf der QUANT-Website besprochen und gelöst. Foto: Wikilmages/pixabay.com

Der Weltraum - unendliche Weiten. Einige der Geheimnisse, die er birgt, werden auf der QUANT-Website besprochen und gelöst. Foto: Wikilmages/pixabay.com

Neue Website bündelt physikalisches Wissen für SchülerInnen

Schülerinnen und Schülern sowie Lehrkräften die Forschung am Institut für Physik näher bringen - das ist das Ziel von QUANT. Hier trifft man auf Themen wie Schwarze Löcher, Tarnkappen, gigantische Teilchenbeschleuniger, Flüsse in der Atmosphäre und exotische Materie. Solche Themen, an denen an der Universität Graz geforscht wird, wurden auf einer Website aufbereitet, die ab sofort allen Interessierten zur Verfügung steht. Die im Rahmen eines FWF-Projekts erstellten Inhalte wurden im vergangenen Schuljahr in ersten Versuchsklassen im Schulunterricht getestet.

Auf der Website von QUANT finden Interessierte Themengebiete von der Nano- über die Teilchen- bis zur Klimaphysik. Es werden spezifische Themen behandelt wie zum Beispiel, was Masse ist, auf welchen Naturgesetzen die Datenübertragung mit Mobiltelephonen beruht, welche Effekte Nanoteilchen haben können oder welche Vorgänge in unserer Atmosphäre stattfinden. Außerdem werden dabei allgemeine wissenschaftliche Methoden erklärt: Wie kommt man vom Modell zu einer realistischen Beschreibung? Welche Vereinfachungen sind erlaubt? Wieso lernt man auch etwas von der Untersuchung von Dingen, die gar nicht existieren?

Als Abschluss des Projekts gibt es kommende Woche, am 24. September, ab 14:30 Uhr am Institut für Physik einen Nachmittag mit spannenden, öffentlichen Vorträgen zu einigen dieser Themen. Josef M. Gaßner, bekannt unter anderem durch seinen Youtube-Kanal "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben", wird über Schwarze Löcher und Neutronensterne sprechen. Axel Lindner vom DESY Hamburg wird erklären, wie er nach Dunkler Materie sucht.


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