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|content=A presentation about the frontiers of human understanding and the truly strange world proposed by relativity and quantum mechanics. Incidentally, 88 mph is the speed at which the 'Delorean' car is able to travel through time in '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back to the Future]'. This is lesson | |content=A presentation about the frontiers of human understanding and the truly strange world proposed by relativity and quantum mechanics. Incidentally, 88 mph is the speed at which the 'Delorean' car is able to travel through time in '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back to the Future]'. This is lesson 5of 6 in the [[Astronomy_Master Class]]. | ||
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* | * Evaluating the limits put on time travel by Einstein's general relativity. | ||
* | * Understanding that time is relative and that each of us will measure it slightly differently. | ||
* | * Appreciating that relativity and quantum mechanics do not fully fit together and this merely means that our models are not perfect. | ||
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A 34 minute narrated | A 34 minute narrated screen cast which is part of the full, six hour 'Astronomy Master Class'. Also supplied as a Prezi and a Acrobat file should you wish to do the presentation yourself. | ||
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* [[88 Miles per hour/Teacher Notes]] | |||
* Narrated video - 34 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLUTm-rXnA&feature=relmfu <br /> | * Narrated video - 34 mins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLUTm-rXnA&feature=relmfu <br /> | ||
* Astronomy Masterclass - Prezi Slide presentation | * Astronomy Masterclass - Prezi Slide presentation: http://prezi.com/2hk390sfkqjh/the-astronomy-masterclass/ <br /> | ||
* Acrobat PDF document - for this session 5, use pages 141-199 of Astronomy masterclass.pdf | * Acrobat PDF document - for this session 5, use pages 141-199 of Astronomy masterclass.pdf: https://www.box.com/shared/aqnk3lvr09 (241Mb) | ||
* TES Resources link - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Astronomy-Masterclass-6070303/ This also includes links to other YouTube videos. | * TES Resources link - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Astronomy-Masterclass-6070303/ This also includes links to other YouTube videos. | ||
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[[Category:Secondary]] [[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Secondary]] [[Category:Science]] | ||