Science Graduate Award

Science Graduate Award

This part of the website contains the syllabus for the Bricknell Primary School Science Graduate Award.

You will need to study all the information presented here.

Staff will help you develop the study skills you need in order to memorize, retain and recall this information.

Once you are confident you can recall this syllabus tell your teacher and they will give you your undergraduate test.

Once you have passed you will receive a badge and be known as a Bricknell Science Graduate!

Science Graduate Award

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Science

The Telescope
Science

Gravity
Science

Enigma Machine

Charles Darwin

Science

The Telescope

A telescope is an instrument used to see objects that are far away. Telescopes are often used to view the planets and stars. Some of the same optical technology that is used in telescopes is also used to make binoculars and cameras.

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Science

Gravity

Gravity attracts all objects towards each other. Gravity has been around since the very beginning of the universe, and it works the same way everywhere in the universe, on all kinds of different objects, of all different sizes.

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Enigma Machine

The Enigma Machine was an advanced cipher or coding machine, developed in Germany after World War I. The Germans mistakenly believed the Allies would not be able to break the codes.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who changed the way humans viewed themselves and the world around them through his amazing ideas on evolution and natural selection.

Born on 12 February 1809.
Died on the 19 April 1882.

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Learning resources

Example Questions

  • When was Charles Darwin born?

  • Where and when was the Enigma machine developed?

  • What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin travelled on?

  • How long was Charles Darwin’s voyage?

  • Which islands did Darwin visit?

  • What are telescopes used to do?

  • Who discovered gravity?

  • Why didn’t Charles Darwin publish his findings straight away?

  • What was the name of the famous code breaker?

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