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|subject=Science
|subject=Science
|resourcenumber=SC0024  
|resourcenumber=SC0024  
|age=  Year 10., Secondary
|age=  Year 10, Secondary
|content=This presentation looks at claims of alien encounters and at arguments on whether humanity is alone. It concludes with a probabilistic argument based on the Fermi paradox. This is lesson 6 of a series of 6 entitled 'Astronomy masterclass' (SC0018).
|content=This presentation looks at claims of alien encounters and at arguments on whether humanity is alone. It concludes with a probabilistic argument based on the Fermi paradox. This is lesson 6 of a series of 6 entitled [[Astronomy master Class]].
|strategy=
|strategy=
|Learning Objectives=
|Learning Objectives=
* appreciate that it is extremely unlikely that there is sentient life elsewhere in our solar system,<br />
* Understanding that it is extremely unlikely that there is sentient life elsewhere in our solar system.<br />
* appreciate that the majority of "encounters" are almost certainly not real and some of the psychological and physiological explanations for this,<br />
* Appreciating that the majority of "encounters" are almost certainly not real and some of the psychological and physiological explanations for this.<br />
* appreciate that microbial life may be much more common than sentient life, but is also much harder to find<br />
* Appreciating that microbial life may be much more common than sentient life, but is also much harder to find.<br />
* understand the SETI organisation and what it has found so far
* Understanding the SETI organisation and what it has found so far.
|additional resources=
|additional resources=
|useful information=
|useful information=