Reasoning Critical thinking 56 Section 8: Students will be assessed on their Activities: Edexcel International GCSE Executive function Problem solving Astrophysics ability to: Physics Student Book: Pages Complete examples Adaptability 56 and 58 a) Units including calculations. b) Motion in the 8.2 know that: Research different comets. universe How Hubble works: ActiveBook: the universe is a large collection NASA solar system Page 52, video clip of billions of galaxies activities. Ellipses and orbits: Page 49, animation a galaxy is a large collection of Class practical: billions of stars Use falling ball bearing to Questions in Edexcel International our solar system is in the Milky determine a value for g, GCSE Physics Revision Guide: Way galaxy. dropping it from different Pages 14 to 17 and Pages 92 to heights. 95 8.3 understand why gravitational field Demonstration: strength, g, and know that it is different on other planets and the a large bung attached Moon from that on the Earth to string around head in a (requires JAVA) horizontal circle. Get a student to note how many 8.4 explain that gravitational force: Video clips: rotations the bung causes moons to orbit planets (a) completes in 10 s. Repeat for a variety of orbit (b) causes the planets to orbit the diameters. Sun causes artificial satellites to orbit the Earth causes comets to orbit the Sun 8.5 describe the differences in the orbits of comets, and planets
56 Section 8: Astrophysics a) Units b) Motion in the universe Students will be assessed on their ability to: 8.2 know that: the universe is a large collection of billions of galaxies a galaxy is a large collection of billions of stars our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy. 8.3 understand why gravitational field strength, g, and know that it is different on other planets and the Moon from that on the Earth 8.4 explain that gravitational force: causes moons to orbit planets causes the planets to orbit the Sun causes artificial satellites to orbit the Earth causes comets to orbit the Sun 8.5 describe the differences in the orbits of comets, and planets Activities: Complete examples including calculations. Research different comets. NASA solar system activities. Class practical: Use falling ball bearing to determine a value for g, dropping it from different heights. Demonstration: a large bung attached to string around head in a horizontal circle. Get a student to note how many rotations the bung completes in 10 s. Repeat for a variety of orbit diameters. Edexcel International GCSE Physics Student Book: Pages 56 and 58 How Hubble works: ActiveBook: Page 52, video clip Ellipses and orbits: Page 49, animation Questions in Edexcel International GCSE Physics Revision Guide: Pages 14 to 17 and Pages 92 to 95 (requires JAVA) Video clips: (a) (b) Reasoning Executive function Adaptability Critical thinking Problem solving
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