| 1 |
Design and make a simple telescope using a variety of tubes,
lenses and/or mirrors. Test the instrument in the night sky and
estimate its power of magnification, field of view, magnitude
limit and angular resolution.
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| 2 |
Design and make a sundial. Use the sundial to record the times of
day on at least three widely separated occasions and compare these
with the mean local times.
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| 3 |
Design and make a model of an eclipsing binary system using a
motor, lamps and simple electronic components (eg LDR). Obtain
measurements suitable for drawing a light curve for the model and
compare this with the light curve of a real eclipsing binary
system.
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| 4 |
Design and make a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system using lamps,
spheres etc to illustrate how solar and lunar eclipses occur. Use it
to account for the relative occurrences and durations of each type of
eclipse.
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Further tasks which can be carried out:-
- Construction and use of simple Spectrometer
- Simple Orrery
- Simple Moondial
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Note
The report of this task should include at least one photograph of
the instrument or model under construction and at least one
photograph of the finished article. It is not necessary to send
the finished article itself to the coursework moderator.
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| STATEMENT OF TASK |
MAXIMUM 2 |
Clear and precise statement of nature and purpose of task
Vague statement of nature and purpose of task
No statement of nature and purpose of task
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2
1
0
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| DESIGN |
MAXIMUM 3 |
Care and consideration for size and materials
Some care and consideration for size and materials
Little care and consideration for size and materials
No real thought about design
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3
2
1
0
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| CONSTRUCTION |
MAXIMUM 4 |
Award a mark on a linear scale from 0 to 4 for the actual
construction of the instrument or model, taking into account such
factors as:
- size
- materials
- robustness
- cost
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| TESTING / USE |
MAXIMUM 4 |
The instrument or model is fully tested and evaluated
Some use and evaluation
Little use and evaluation
Some evaluation but no testing or use
No evaluation, testing or use
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4
3
2
1
0
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| REFERENCES |
MAXIMUM 2 |
Good references giving full information
Incomplete references
No references
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2
1
0
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| PRESENTATION |
MAXIMUM 4 |
Material is neat and very well presented in a logical order
Material is fairly neat and fairly well presented in a logical order
Material is satisfactorily presented
Material is poorly presented
Material is poorly presented in a haphazard order
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4
3
2
1
0
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