88 Miles per hour

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Aiming to win 'A level' recruits with a trip to the strange world of relativity and quantum mechanics

Lesson idea. 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 'Back to the Future'. This is lesson five of 6 in the 'Astronomy masterclass' series.

Teaching approach. The lesson initially looks at time travel, however the overriding theme is that of modelling(ta) and scientific method(ta). It aims to show students that it is acceptable to get a result that doesn't fit with what you expect. It just means you need to change what you expect next time! (edit)

Resource details
Title 88 Miles per Hour
Topic [[Topics/Astronomy|Astronomy]]
Teaching approach

[[Teaching Approaches/Modelling|Modelling]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]

Learning Objectives
  • appreciate the limits put on time travel by Einstein's general relativity
  • appreciate that time is relative and that each of us will measure it slightly differently.
  • appreciate that relativity and quantum mechanics do not fully fit together and this merely means that our models are not perfect.
Format / structure

A 34 minute narrated screencast which is part of the full, six hour 'Astronomy Masterclass'. Also supplied as a Prezi and a Acrobat file should you wish to do the presentation yourself.

Subject

[[Resources/Science|Science]]

Age of students / grade

[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]


Related ORBIT Wiki Resources
Files and resources to view and download

The Teacher's Notes are available on the 88 Miles per hour/Teacher Notes page.

Choice of formats