Give students new ways to explore what forces we experience in our everyday lives, how forces act on objects, and how this relates to energy.
Find out about how balancing forces keep aircraft flying, and how our homes use energy in different forms.
All of the scenes contained within this zone are shown below:
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Nuclear Fusion
Explore the nuclear fusion reactor and learn about the possibility to harness limitless clean energy from water.
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Electrical Circuits
Explore the the science lab and learn about electrical circuits
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Insulating Our Homes
Explore a typical home and how it is insulated to reduce heat loss by conduction, convection and radiation.
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Forces – Pushing and Pulling
Explore the different types of pushing and pulling forces and how the affect the motion of an object.
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Forces – Powering a Rocket
Explore the shuttle launch site and learn about the forces needed for the shuttle to take off.
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Explore the Radiography lab and learn about the different waves that make up the electromagnetic Spectrum.
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The Speed of Sound
Explore the transfer of sound through a solid, liquid and a gas, and learn how the speed of sound changes through the different media.
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Years, Seasons and Days – What is Earth’s Orbit?
Explore this model of Earth's orbit around the Sun to understand why different parts of the world experience seasons that change through the year.
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Tides and the Moon
Explore the scene from space and learn how the rotation of the Earth and the orbiting moon affect the tidal movement on Earth.
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Different Types of Energy
Explore the theme park and observe the types of energy and energy transfer.
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Heat Transfer
Explore the environment and learn about how heat is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation.
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Gravity
Explore the orchard where Isaac Newton came up with the theory of the force of gravity.
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Time to Reflect
Explore the different ways that light reflects and how it is affected by various surfaces.
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Refraction of Light
Explore the scene and observe light transmitting through different media: solids, liquids, and gases.
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Renewable Energy – Solar Power
Explore the solar farm and learn how solar energy is converted to electricity
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Renewable Energy – Tidal
Explore the tidal barrage and learn how tidal flow is converted to electricity. Weigh up its advantages and disadvantages as an alternative renewable energy source.
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Renewable Energy – Hydrostatic electricity
Explore the Hydroelectric powerplant and learn how gravitational potential energy of water is converted to electricity. weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of hydrostatic electricity as an alternative renewable energy source.
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Renewable Energy – Wind Turbines
Explore the Wind farms as an alternative energy source and learn how electricity is generated by wind turbines. Weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of their use.
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Buoyancy: Floating and Sinking
Explore the scene with the cruise liner travelling at sea and observe the forces acting on it to make it float.
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Sound Waves
In this scene, students can explore Sound Street to learn about how sounds travel through solid liquid and gases. The Street can be explored and will provide many examples of different sounds.
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