National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall promotes the understanding of boats, their place in people's lives and the maritime heritage of Cornwall.
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Create a new world that you've found
Imagine and describe a world that you have discovered.
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How did the Solar System form?
We know about the planets, moons and space rocks that make up our Solar System. But where did it all come from?
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Making star trails
A classroom activity with instructions to accompany the video 'Making star trails'.
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The Age of the Universe (Higher Level)
A classroom activity in which students use Hubble's law to derive the age of the Universe and consider the assumptions and sources of error associated with this calculation.
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Rotational Period of the Sun
A classroom activity in which students learn how the rotation of the Sun can be measured through Doppler-shifted emission lines and estimate the errors associated with this measurement.
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Rotational Period of the Sun (Higher Level)
A classroom activity in which students learn how the rotation of the Sun can be measured through Doppler-shifted emission lines and estimate the errors associated with this measurement.
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Plotting the Rotation Curve of M31 (Higher Level)
A classroom activity in which students predict and then measure the rotational velocity of material in a nearby galaxy, using their knowledge of gravitation and Doppler shifts to deduce the presence of dark matter.
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Galaxy Zoo and the Universe
A classifying and plotting activity based on the Citizen Science project 'Galaxy Zoo' which explores issues of sample size and personal bias as well as the distribution of galaxy types in the Universe.