Year 6

How have our ideas about the universe changed over time?

In this lesson, we will look at how our ideas of the universe have changed over time. We will learn about the geocentric model, the heliocentric model and elliptical orbits. We will draw the different models of the universe and make comparisons between them.

Year 6

How have our ideas about the universe changed over time?

In this lesson, we will look at how our ideas of the universe have changed over time. We will learn about the geocentric model, the heliocentric model and elliptical orbits. We will draw the different models of the universe and make comparisons between them.

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Key learning points

  1. Compare the geocentric and heliocentric models
  2. Describe elliptical orbits

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is the structure of DNA
Correct answer: Double helix
Single helix
Triple helix
Q2.
What is DNA? DNA is the material that carries the ________ that a living organism needs.
energy
Correct answer: instructions
nutrients
Q3.
Which one of these is NOT a scientific development that the discovery of DNA has led to?
DNA fingerprinting
Understanding inherited diseases
Correct answer: X-ray machines
Q4.
What did Friedrich Miescher do?
Correct answer: Isolated DNA from cells
Took an x-ray photograph of DNA
Wrote a paper about the structure of DNA
Q5.
What did Rosalind Franklin do?
Isolated DNA from cells
Correct answer: Took an x-ray photograph of DNA
Wrote a paper about the structure of DNA

4 Questions

Q1.
The sun is at the centre of the universe in the.....
geocentric model
Correct answer: heliocentric model
Q2.
Nicholas Copernicus came up with which model of the universe?
The geocentric model
Correct answer: The heliocentric model
Q3.
In 1473 how did people think that the planets moved?
Correct answer: in circular orbits
in elliptical orbits
Q4.
How do the planets and Earth move?
In circular orbits
Correct answer: In elliptical orbits