It's full of stars

TES Teacher of the year 2011 Resources
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Lesson idea. Lesson 1 of a series of 6 entitled “An astronomy masterclass” SC018.

Teaching approach. Astronomy^(topic) has been practiced for centuries and doesn't require expensive equipment! This first session aims to train the whole class^(ta) to use a telescope and, hopefully, to provide an opportunity to engage in some active learning^(ta). The lesson includes some naked-eye observations and describes how modern technology helps scientists know where to look. You can explore the scientific method^(ta) and language^(ta) at this point, using targeted questioning^(ta)/differentiation^(ta). Students may be able to engage in an inquiry^(ta)-based project around this work, perhaps for homework^(ta).

Resource details
Title	It's full of stars
Topic	[[Topics/Astronomy|Astronomy]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Differentiation|Differentiation]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Homework|Homework]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]] Property "Teaching approach" (as page type) with input value "The Astronomy Masterclass was developed to inspire the next generation of scientists and in particular physicists. Although this course of 6 lessons is framed mostly around the science of astronomy it draws on many themes from physics and aims to show how they all can link together. Additionally it is structured so that it deliberately does not cut across material in most standard GCSE science courses and absolutely does not aim to answer every question. A deliberate part of the design was to visit each topic area only briefly and leave students hungry for more." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category:The Astronomy Masterclass was developed to inspire the next generation of scientists and in particular physicists. Although this course of 6 lessons is framed mostly around the science of astronomy it draws on many themes from physics and aims to show how they all can link together. Additionally it is structured so that it deliberately does not cut across material in most standard GCSE science courses and absolutely does not aim to answer every question. A deliberate part of the design was to visit each topic area only briefly and leave students hungry for more.]]
Learning Objectives	• Increase the likelihood that the students will take an A level in Science (specifically Physics), • Inspire some pupils to pursue degrees/careers in Science based disciplines, • Demonstrate that the Science learnt at GCSE barely scratches the surface of the complexity of the universe we live in.
Format / structure	A Narrated Screencast of Session 1 from the Astronomy Masterclass. Looks at Practical Astronomy, what you can expect to see and how the basics of a telescope works: 1. Session 1 narrated video 18mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSMRCjTUBE, 2. Session 1 prezi is slides 3-22 of the 241mb file: https://www.box.com/shared/aqnk3lvr09, 3. Astronomy masterclass.pdf use pages 3-22 for Session 1, The overview Masterclass Prezi (all 6 sessions) can be viewed online http://prezi.com/2hk390sfkqjh. The full set of resources for the 6 sessions can be viewed online at: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Astronomy-Masterclass-6070303/ (This also includes a link to the associated 7 videos on YouTube). Each session is also listed individually as SC0019-24 with the associated separate resources
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Year 10|Year 10]]