L1-2 Functional Maths The Apollo missions September 2019. Kindly contributed by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College. Search for Philip on www.skillsworkshop.org Please refer to the download page for this resource on skillsworkshop for detailed curriculum links and related resources (including a set of Apollo worksheets mapped to the Reformed FS content). TIP: run in presentation mode in order to activate the pop up answers. September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College. Reformed Functional Maths curriculum links include L1.1 Read, write, order and compare large numbers (up to one million) L2.15 Calculate using compound measures including speed, density and rates of pay (please refer to the related worksheets for a complete list)

Functional Skills maths September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

The Sun At the heart of our solar system lies the sun. How old do you think the sun is? 4.6 billion years old How hot do you think the surface of the sun is? 5,500 °C How hot do you think the temperature is at the core of the sun? 15 million degrees C September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

The Earth compared to the Sun As you can see from the illustration the Earth is minute when compared to the size of the sun! You could fit 109 Earths across the width of the sun How wide do you think the earth is? Approximately 8,000 miles How wide do you think the sun is? Approximately 870 000 miles September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

The Earth and the Sun What do you think the approximate distance from the sun to the earth is? 150 000 000 km You’ve probably all heard of the speed of light and in theory nothing travels faster than this speed. The actual speed is 299,792km per second or around 186 000 miles per second. How long does the light from the sun take to reach earth? Around 8 seconds September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

The Earth’s moon The moon is the only natural thing orbiting the earth. How big do you think the moon is? The moon is approximately 2 100 miles wide September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College. The moon is approximately how far from the earth? 240 000 miles

The Earth’s moon and the Apollo missions There have been 6 successful missions to land man on the moon The first successful one was Apollo 11. This year it is the 50th anniversary of the first man landing on the moon. What year did man first land on the moon? 1969 How many men have actually walked on the moon? 12 September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

The next manned space mission…Mars? It’s the fourth planet from the sun and the second nearest to Earth - after Venus. NASA and private companies Space X and Boing are in a space race to get there first NASA is aiming for sometime in the 2030s to achieve this, whilst Space X are aiming to get there sooner The closest Mars is to Earth is approximately? 35 000 000 miles And the furthest? 251 000 000 miles Depending on the orbit paths of Earth and Mars September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

How long would it take to get to Mars? This depends how close the planets are when the rocket is launched But it could be (in days)? Anything from 128 days to 333 – based on previous unmanned missions The gravity on Mars is nearly one third (37%) that of earth, meaning you could leap nearly three times as high on Mars as on Earth. September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.

Olympus Mons Compared to the size of France Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the known solar system. Olympus Mons, a volcano, is 13 miles high (almost 3 times higher that Mt Everest) and 375 miles in diameter. Despite having formed over billions of years, evidence from volcanic lava flows is so recent many scientists believe it could still be active. September 2019. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Philip Mansfield, Lambeth College.