| Space & Its Mysteries

ISSET is proud to announce the exciting new Space & Its Mysteries programme for GCSE educators.
Space and Its Mysteries is an 18 lesson multi-media hands on learning experience that covers space and space exploration in the GCSE. Space and its Mysteries has been based on the Edexcel GCSE science unit however it is also matched with the other major GCSE syllabi. For each examination board teachers can easily see which aspects of the syllabus is covered in each lesson.
(For dates of our forthcoming Training Days please see below.)
 
- Watch exciting videos of space flight, life in space and rocketry
- Perform activities to understand the size of the universe
- Learn about the forces and energy involved in space flight
- Build your own rockets
- Construct and test a Mars Lander
- Research the solar system and the benefits of space
- Test the effects of a vacuum on a marshmallow astronaut
- Design a life in space
- Learn how a black hole works and discover how we 'see' them
- And much more...
"The Schools and Lifelong Learning Service in Cardiff, has worked closely with ISSET to develop and trial Space and its Mysteries. The results have been impressive with learners across the ability range and particularly with harder to reach pupils, who showed significant gains in motivation, engagement and achievement. This excellent educational package uses the latest teaching approaches and multimedia techniques to provide an irresistible learning environment."
-Bernard Whittingham, Cardiff LEA Science Advisor
- The Mysteries of Space
- Solar System - Scale & Size
- Discover the Solar System
- Comets & Asteroids
- Journey Through Our Awesome Universe
- Mass/Weight & Gravity
- Rockets - Newton's Laws
- Fizzy Pop Rockets
- Compressed Air Rockets
- Exploring the Solar System
- Mars Lander
- Benefits of Space Exploration
- Hostile Space
- Spacecraft as Survival Capsules
- Long Duration Space Flight
- Origins of the Universe
- Black Holes
- Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- Future of Space Exploration - Where do we go from here?

6 March 2008 Birmingham
If you would be interested in taking advantage of Space & Its Mysteries, then please fill and fax/post the Application Form.
Or for further details, please contact:
Julie Woodcock , ISSET
Tel: 02920 710295
E-mail: admin@isset.org
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