Competencies

Mathematical competence in science, technology and engineering

Personal, social and learning to learn competence

Competence in cultural awareness and expressions

Activity

Weight in other planets

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Theme: Proportionality

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 > 4th(A) ESO > Number sense

Spain > Mathematics > 4th(A) ESO > Socio-affective sense

Enunciation

Observations and context

- This activity can be framed in mathematics, within the topic of proportionality or as a complementary activity in the classroom.

- It can be tackled, in turn, in the subject of physics and chemistry.

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

- She was a 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

We will work on proportionality to predict our weight in Mercury or Jupiter.

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