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Perimeter Classroom Activity: Gravitational Lensing with a Wine Glass

Perimeter’s Dave Fish demonstrates activities for students to learn more about physics.In this classroom activity, gravitational lensing is modeled using the base of a wineglass in this classroom demonstration. Gravitational lensing is crucial to the study of Dark Matter.

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