88 Miles per hour

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Lesson idea. Lesson 5 of a series of 6 entitled “Astronomy masterclass” (SC0018).

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

By the end of the session students should be able to:
• Appreciate the limits put in 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 QM do not fully fit together.
• Understand why this is OK, as it merely means our models are not currently perfect.

Format / structure

A Narrated Screencast of Session 5 from the Astronomy Masterclass. This fifth session looks at the frontiers of human understanding and the truly strange world proposed by Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
1. Session 5 narrated video 34mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLUTm-rXnA&feature=relmfu,
2. Session 5 prezi is slides 141-199 of the 241mb file: https://www.box.com/shared/aqnk3lvr09. http://prezi.com/2hk390sfkqjh/the-astronomy-masterclass/
3. Astronomy masterclass.pdf use pages 141-199 for Session 5.
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).

Subject

[[Resources/Science|Science]]

Age of students / grade

[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]


Related ORBIT Wiki Resources
Files and resources to view and download

For session 5 of the Astronomy Masterclass, see p141 to 199 of the full PDF at https://www.box.com/shared/aqnk3lvr09


Teacher's Notes