IS THERE or HAS THERE been life OUT THERE?

Your report needs to include 2 sections:

Searching from Earth – film based on this

What is SETI, where is it, what is it set up to do
What are we using to detect life outside or solar system?

How we are leaving Earth to search

The probes sent to photograph other planets, robots that are collecting samples from planets

Conclusion:
Do you think life exists out there?
Explain the evidence you have used to come to this conclusion

here are the links

www.seti.org
go to the statement of purpose & history links
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3618400.stm

http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/statistics/teen/ppt/2006teen.ppt#32
use this website (power point)
write a report about the power point 1 x A4

• what was it about
• what were th findings
• why do the government spend money on these types of survey

these points must be covered

http://www.gcse.com/forces.htm

this website has some basic revision stuff on (other subjects also on index page)

welcome back. Thought you had got rid of me, didn't you.
well, lets start as we mean to go on - resits are November 23rd 2006. i will be asking you very soon - who is doing what (if anything).
i will post some past papers here soon, so you can dazzle everyone in the mock exams - Decemeber!
meanwhile - here is a ink to GCSE bitesize. measuring and representing motion. read through it, then do the test (higher!)www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/forces_and_motion/representing_motionrev1.shtml
this link is to the CGP book site. i can oder these through school for you. http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/books_ranged.asp?level=125&subject=225,210,215,220,298&ranged=0

as promised: some past papers to help you on your way to exceeding that target and beating Matthew, Michael & Seamus in their A*'s!
If you think this is a good idea, badger Mr Griffiths & Miss Harrigan to do it... but they need to be quick!

NOV05

NOV05answers

JUNE05

JUNE05answers

MARCH05

MARCH05answers

exam

coursework: planning

• Discussed all the variables
• Written up your preliminary results
• USED your preliminary results to help you make decisions about making your experiment accurate
• Written down how you are going to keep the variables constant
• Written ‘step by step’ instruction on how to do/set up the experiment
• Drawn a diagram of the equipment (scientific)
• listed the equipment & explained why you need it
• Made a prediction, including a graph
• Explained your prediction, discussing your graph
  
  
  
  
  

Logic gates:

You need to learn:

• symbols & truth tables for NOT, AND, OR. try this web site for a summary
• be able to follow some systems to work out what might happen

revise this section, then try these questions 2, 3 & 6. answers

Lens & Ray diagrams:
you need to know:

• 2 types of lens and how the light rays change direction for each type
• the 3 ray diagrams when the object is at >F, F & focal length)
• what the uses of the 3 diagrams are e.g. projector, magnifying glass, telescope

when you have revised this section, try this test: p17 & 18.answers

Exam date: June 27th 2006
what you need to revise

Module 23 – Physics in Action

• interpreting the behaviour of control circuits represented in the form of input sensor
processor
output device;
• representing the behaviour of logic gates by means of truth tables
• explaining the operation of a potential divider and its use in input sensors;
• investigating the charging and discharging of capacitors (and, for Higher Tier,exploring their use as timers in electronic circuits)
• comparing the behaviour of converging and diverging lenses; and, for Higher Tier students,explaining the behaviour of a light dependent switch in terms of the components shown using symbols in a standard circuit diagram;
• considering the advantages and disadvantages of electronic control systems;
• using ray diagrams to explain the image formation of real and virtual images by a converging lens.