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|content=Lesson 5 of a series of 6 entitled “Astronomy masterclass” (SC0018). | |content=Lesson 5 of a series of 6 entitled “Astronomy masterclass” (SC0018). | ||
|strategy=Session 5 initially looks at time travel, however, that is not the real aim of this session. The overriding theme is that of models and the scientific method. It aims to show students that it is OK to get a result that doesn't fit with what you expect, as it just means you need to change what you expect next time! | |strategy=Session 5 initially looks at time travel, however, that is not the real aim of this session. The overriding theme is that of models and the scientific method. It aims to show students that it is OK to get a result that doesn't fit with what you expect, as it just means you need to change what you expect next time! | ||
|Learning Objectives=By the end of the session students should be able to:<br />• Appreciate the limits put in time travel by Einstein's general relativity,<br /> | |Learning Objectives=By the end of the session students should be able to:<br />• Appreciate the limits put in time travel by Einstein's general relativity,<br />• Appreciate that time is relative and that each of us will measure it slightly differently.<br />• Appreciate that relativity and QM do not fully fit together.<br />• Understand why this is OK, as it merely means our models are not currently perfect. | ||
• Appreciate that time is relative and that each of us will measure it slightly differently.<br />• Appreciate that relativity and QM do not fully fit together.<br />• Understand why this is OK, as it merely means our models are not currently perfect. | |||
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