Perimeter Classroom Activity: Gravitational Lensing with Tape and Saucer

Perimeter’s Dave Fish demonstrates activities for students to learn more about physics. In this classroom activity, gravitational lensing is modeled using masking tape and an inverted saucer. Gravitational lensing is crucial to the study of Dark Matter.

Resources about this and other topics can be found at: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/outreach.