Competencies

Mathematical competence in science, technology and engineering

Personal, social and learning to learn competence

Competence in cultural awareness and expressions

Activity

The Sun

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Theme: The Sphere

Competencies

Mathematical competence in science, technology and engineering

Personal, social and learning to learn competence

Competence in cultural awareness and expressions

Subjects and year by Educational System

Spain > Mathematics > 3rd ESO > Spatial sense

Spain > Mathematics > 3rd ESO > Socio-affective sense

Enunciation

Observations and context

- This activity can be used in mathematics, as part of the geometry topic, or as a complementary activity in the classroom to include scientific notation.

- She comes from a long line of female astronomers: Enheduanna (c.-2285) considered the first female astronomer in history, Hypatia (c.370-c.416), Sophia Brahe (1556-1643), Maria Cunitz (1610-1664), Maria Winkelmann Kirsch (1670-1720). She was a contemporary of figures such as Margaretha Kirch (1703-1744), Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749).

- Predecessor of great astronomers and scientists such as Amelie Harlay de Lalande (1768-1832), Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872), Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944) or Jocelyn Bell Burnell. (1943-).

- She worked alongside mathematician Jerome Lalande, who emphasized the work of women astronomers throughout history.

Description

In this activity we will work on the volume and area of a sphere to calculate those of the Earth and the Sun in an approximate way, as part of Lepaute's work in calculating the trajectory of Halley's Comet.

Answer

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