After viewing many animations and simulations of black holes, students will investigate several means for creating their own visualizations. Ultimately, students will create animated GIFs from their own illustrations. Students learn how to create animated GIFs.
Students use the Internet for research.
Understand the use of visualization in cosmology. Apply creative and individual visualizations to illustrate black holes. This lesson was developed by Master Teacher Al Doyle , and was funded by the Louis Calder Foundation.