Can you listen to Jupiter on a simple radio? Turns out the answer is yes! The resource instructs scholars to build a simple radio to pick up the radio waves created when the charged particles from the sun hit Jupiter's magnetic field. Lesson is the fifth in a series of six.

Concepts

jupiter, magnetic fields, radio waves

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use one of the many apps that allow you to know where various stars and planets are based on your specific location to help aim the hoop

Classroom Considerations

• Uses some equipment not common in science labs such as a short-wave radio and a coaxial cable
• Requires prior knowledge of radio waves, electricity, and magnetism
• Lesson is the fifth in a series of six

Pros

• Includes questions to guide a discussion of the results
• Offers an extension to make this a long term experiment or a science fair project

Cons

• None