https://motivate.maths.org/content/taxonomy/term/9/all en https://motivate.maths.org/content/earth-moon-sun-and-stars-10 <p><strong>Lisa Wright</strong>, University of Cambridge </p> <p><img src="../conferences/conf37/Earth_moon_sun_stars.jpg" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" />The material linked to this webpage provides a great opportunity for students to find out about the sun, moon and earth, stars, light and gravity. There is experimental work to do, plus mathematical modelling and calculation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-pwork"><legend>Project Work</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-plink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/preliminary-task-making-model-solar-system">A preliminary exercise, making a model of the solar system.</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/light-1">What colours is ordinary white light made up of? Why do astronomers use different coloured lights to look deep into the universe?</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/galileos-experiment-1">Find out how Galileo discovered about how fast different objects fall to the ground, and try his experiments out for yourselves.</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/earth-moon-and-sun-1">Why do we have night and day, or summer and winter (and no, it&#039;s not because the sun is further away in winter!). What are lunar eclipses?</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/phases-moon-1">Why is the moon sometimes big and round, and other times thin and crescent-shaped? Why can&#039;t we see it at all sometimes?</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/stars-and-pulsars-3">What are pulsars? Do an experiment to find out about them!</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-add-mat"><legend>Addition Material</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-alink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/useful-websites-1">Other useful websites.</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/galileos-experiments">Answers and extra help for the problems set in the project on Galileo&#039;s experiments.</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/stars-and-pulsars-4">Details of the calculation of angular momentum.</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> 11-13 years old Following instructions Making and testing hypotheses Selecting and using information Distance, speed/velocity, acceleration Gravity, mass, weight, force, energy Physical maths Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:57 +0000 motivateadmin 843 at https://motivate.maths.org/content