Difference between revisions of "Time and Space Scheme of Work"
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==Primary "Features"== | ==Primary "Features"== | ||
===Alien Planet Project=== | ===Alien Planet Project=== | ||
| − | * A long-form open ended project that asks pupils to create an alien race and their local celestial environment. Pupils will consider issues such as the role that the strength of a planet's gravitational field plays in the morphology of its inhabitants; or how having two or more suns would affect an orbiting planet's orbit and environment. | + | * A long-form open ended project that asks pupils to create an alien race and their local celestial environment. Pupils will consider issues such as the role that the [[Mass and weight|strength of a planet's gravitational field]] plays in the morphology of its inhabitants; or how having two or more suns would affect an orbiting planet's orbit and environment. |
===Time Machine=== | ===Time Machine=== | ||
* Is an open-ended problem-solving exercise designed for a double lesson. Pupils construct a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine Rube Goldberg] machine to measure a period of one minute. Prizes are awarded to those pupils who come closest to 60 seconds. | * Is an open-ended problem-solving exercise designed for a double lesson. Pupils construct a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine Rube Goldberg] machine to measure a period of one minute. Prizes are awarded to those pupils who come closest to 60 seconds. | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 7 November 2007
Contents
Topics covered:
- Gravitation and its role in celestial mechanics.
- The main features of the solar system.
- Cosmogony; the Big Bang and Universe's earliest moments.
- Chronometry and the evolution of human timekeeping.
Primary "Features"
Alien Planet Project
- A long-form open ended project that asks pupils to create an alien race and their local celestial environment. Pupils will consider issues such as the role that the strength of a planet's gravitational field plays in the morphology of its inhabitants; or how having two or more suns would affect an orbiting planet's orbit and environment.
Time Machine
- Is an open-ended problem-solving exercise designed for a double lesson. Pupils construct a Rube Goldberg machine to measure a period of one minute. Prizes are awarded to those pupils who come closest to 60 seconds.
