S3 Physics – Space Exploration Research

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Mr Burrett’s S3 Physics class have been researching Space Exploration, with each student producing a Sway presentation to summarise the information they have found about their given mission or program.

Students were tasked with finding –

  • Mission aim(s) – what was the mission/program for?
  • Dates/duration – when did it happen and how long for?
  • Location – where did it go?
  • Countries involved – who was involved?
  • Findings/Outcomes – what did it find out/do?
  • Images/diagrams – relevant pictures related to the mission

The student’s Sway presentations can be found via these links –

Adam R – Explorer             Adam T – Venera             Diane – Sputnik
Ellie – Apollo                       Fraser – Salyut                  Gemma – Vostok
Jack – Pioneer                     Jason – Voyager               Jayden – Cassini
Josh – Viking                       Kevin – ISS                        Kyle – Mir
Liam – Spacelab                  Rhys – Luna                      Skye – New Horizons
Zoe – Galilleo

 

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S4 Physics – Incredible Journeys

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As a part of their revision of the equations of motion, 4D1 were asked to come up with an example of a fictional, ‘incredible’ journey and give details of –

  • the destination (anywhere)
  • the distance travelled (in any units)
  • a mode of transport (anything goes)
  • the speed of their mode of transport (in appropriate units)

Having obtained this information they were then required to use it to calculate the time for their journey.

The students were then asked to find an ‘interesting’ means of presenting this information, in an attempt to allow them an (all to rare) opportunity to do something creative in physics.

These are some of the best examples received –

Marcus  – travelling to Perth, Australia by Quicksilver (comic strip  – www.bitstrips.com)

Marcus Comic Strip

 

Murray  – Round the world journey by Dominic Malonga (Powerpoint)

murray

Me and Dom’s Dribble Around the World

Kiani – Santa’s Story (play)

Santa’s Story (word .doc)

Performance (mp3)

Isla – Outer Space Story  – walking home from the Moon (bitstrips.com)

outer space story

Lisa – Glasgow to Saltcoats, Hopping

Glasgow to Saltcoats- hopping

Alexander – Ardrossan, UK to Ardrossan, Aus by Segway (limerick)

(My journey is from Ardrossan, Scotland to Ardrossan, Australia which is a distance of 16,317km away on a segway which has an average speed of 5.59 metres per second which means it would take around 2,918,962 seconds or 810 hours)

There once was a boy with a segway

I can travel the world he did say

So he worked out that day

Our town to Aussie let’s say

810 hours, no way!

More to follow, including…

Zara – Koala getting home to Australia for Dinner (childrens’ story)

Stuart – Circumnavigating Io by ? (haiku with calculation)