Difference between revisions of "Time and Space Scheme of Work"
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* Gravitation and its role in celestial mechanics. | * Gravitation and its role in celestial mechanics. | ||
* The main features of the [[solar system]]. | * The main features of the [[solar system]]. | ||
− | * Cosmogony; the Big Bang and Universe's earliest moments. | + | * Cosmogony; the Big Bang and the Universe's earliest moments. |
* Chronometry and the evolution of human timekeeping. | * Chronometry and the evolution of human timekeeping. | ||
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=Primary "Features"= | =Primary "Features"= | ||
===Alien Planet Project=== | ===Alien Planet Project=== |
Revision as of 07:48, 27 November 2007
Contents
Lesson Order
- 3-TAS-01 Gravitation
- 3-TAS-02 Solar System, Seasons and Tides
- 3-TAS-03 How Did We Get Here?
- 3-TAS-04 What is the Time?
- 3-TAS-05 Sundials and Reactions
- 3-TAS-06 Time Machine
Topics covered
- Gravitation and its role in celestial mechanics.
- The main features of the solar system.
- Cosmogony; the Big Bang and the 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.