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2 Scientific Facts about Sun Prepared by : Kawther El-hasan First Secondary Class

3 Contents Title Title Contents Contents What about Astronomy? What about Astronomy? Evolutionary Evolutionary Physics Physics Medicines Medicines Register Register Reasons Reasons Resources Resources

4 More than one in five people in the United Kingdom are so ignorant about science that they think the Sun revolves around the Earth. SunEarth Does the Sun go around the Earth ? ss

5 The glaring gaps in scientific knowledge are exposed in a European Commission study of 13,000 people from 12 nations, which places Britain at the bottom of the European league in its understanding of basic astronomical and evolutionary facts. Source : Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve

6 Does the Sun go around the Earth? Only half of those questioned in Britain knew that it takes one year for the Earth to go around the Sun ;28% thought it took one day, and this shape explain it.

7 A quarter did not know that trees produce oxygen. More than a quarter believe humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve

8 Britain’s performance was not much better in physics. A fifth of those surveyed wrongly believed all radioactivity was man-made. Only 37% knew that electrons are smaller than atoms. Nearly 28% wrongly thought lasers worked by focusing sound waves. Lasers use sound waves electrons aren’t smaller than atoms Physics

9 Biology was the field where Britain appeared most knowledgeable compared with its European neighbours, although there were still gaps in the understanding of medicines. Nearly half incorrectly believed antibiotics could kill both viruses and bacteria. The Danes, Spaniards, Germans and Dutch knew better. 50% believed that antibiotics kill viruses and bacteria ? Medicine Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve

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11 Professor Arnold Wolfendale, the astronomer royal, said the findings were disturbing. “ It is important to improve scientific literacy,” he said. “ As time goes on, more and more of the challenges that the world will face will be scientific.” Others blamed poor science teaching for the poor results. “ Many teachers are themselves not scientifically literate,” Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and businessman, said. erid=384DD88JU9&sourceid= &bfdate=0 7%2D16%2D %3A20%3A32&icon= X&itm=4# SYN

12 The study subjects, a representative sample of the population aged 15 and over, were set 12 basic questions. John Durant ascribed ignorance about the timing of man’s emergence on Earth more than 60 million years after the dinosaurs to confusion engendered by television programmers and films Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve

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14 RESOURCES Philips, Terry et al, AMRA, General English 1, Student ’ s Book, Unit 3, MOE,1999. PP : Microsoft ® Encarta ® Encyclop é die © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved Clip Art em&Submit2=Go erid=384DD88JU9&sourceid= &bfdate=0 7%2D16%2D %3A20%3A32&icon= X&itm=4# SYN