The Constellations

An animation illustrating radioactive half-life and the resulting exponential decay curve. It also explains the workings of the Geiger-Muller tube.

I have many others of the same format; these can be seen by visiting my shop on the TES website (search: rtyler62).

If you buy this resource, please print the Readme document as it contains the instructions and details of the files included.

NOTE: MACROS MUST BE ENABLED FOR ALL POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Support material

1. Readme (instructions for whole lesson)
2. Learning outcomes (PowerPoint)
3. Starter activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)
4. Main activity (PowerPoint presentation)
5. Assessment (worksheets with answer sheets - differentiated)
6. Lesson notes (handout – 2 x A5 on A4 paper)
7. Plenary activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)

Users and timings
It is intended for all science teachers but particularly those who are not physics specialists and is, primarily, aimed at 11 to 14 year old pupils. Normally, this resource would fill a 45 to 60 minute lesson.

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes are based on Bloom’s taxonomy of hierarchical classification: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The lesson title and learning outcomes are:

Why do the stars appear to move across the sky at night?

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
To identify the major constellations.

Comprehension
To recognise any significance of the constellations.
To explain the effect of the Earth’s rotation on the appearance of the night sky.

Differentiation:
The activities have varying degrees of differentiation; please refer to the Readme document.