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These Level E sample homework pages are about 'Understanding Earth and Space'.   Graphics are by In House Publishing and Desktop Projects, Stockport.

The questions assess the following Science Attainment Outcomes : Key Features

This material is designed to be read at home by Secondary 2 pupils, without significant help.  Alternatively, our Talking Textease tests can be read out aloud by a computer.  Answer sheets and explanations are also supplied.

A cross-curricular link with Mathematics has been explored.

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                                DOES 'BODE'S LAW' WORK?

        Johann Bode was a German astronomer.  Bode's Law is an interesting study in
        mathematics, as it can be used to remember the distances between the planets
        from the Sun in our Solar System.  Sometimes, astronomers use Astronomical
        Units (AU), where one AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

                 Bode's Law has three stages:

                1     Write down a series of numbers, doubling each number (after the 3)
                                0,    3,   6,   12,   24,   48,   ....................

                2     Add 4 to each number in the series

                3     Divide each of the resulting numbers by 10

1      Complete the table below, to see if Bode's Law is useful for calculating distances in
        the Solar System.

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2        Is Bode's Law always exactly correct for calculating distances to the planets in
          the Solar System?

3        How often is Bode's Law almost correct for calculating distances to the planets
          in the Solar System?

4        Is Bode's Law more correct for calculating distances to the inner planets or to
          the outer planets in the Solar System?

5        Bode's Law seems to show a gap between the inner planets and the outer
          planets in the Solar System, where we would expect another planet to be.
          Can you find out anything about the 'missing planet' predicted by Bode's Law?

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