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!

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	Astronomy Masterclass, It's full of stars, From Earth to Moon, Celestial Wanderers,
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