Course: Orbits

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- Orbits
- Circling the Sun - Teacher Notes File
  
  This fun activity allows students to investigate the relationship between distance from the Sun and orbit time.
- Circling the Sun - Student Activity File
- Ellipse - Teacher Notes v2 File
  
  In this activity students model their own ellipses.
- Ellipse - Student Activity v2 File
- Find out how to model the elliptical shape of planetary orbits here.
- Rockets and Range - Teacher Notes_v2 File
  
  In this series of activities students examine the factors involved in space travel and the benefits (and issues) of 'manned' spacecraft.
- Rockets and Range - Student Activity_v2 File
- Harmony of the Spheres - Teacher Notes - NEW File
  
  This activity examines Pythagoras' idea that the distances between Earth and other heavenly bodies were scaled to musical intervals. It provides a great crossover with tasks in Mathematics.
- Harmony of the Spheres - Student Activity - NEW File