Homework: Week
beginning 20th April
This homework is all due by Friday 24th
April
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Mathletics -
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prime numbers, square and cube numbers.
Literacy
We have started a new unit on
historical fiction. Imagine you are a servant working for Henry VIII at Hampton
Court Palace. Write a letter to your family back at home telling them what it
is like. Remember to describe your thoughts and feelings, use the senses in
your descriptions and use some Tudor vocabulary.
Topic
Henry VIII is holding a banquet at Hampton Court Palace on
Saturday, 1st February 1533. Why might he have been celebrating in
1533? What kind of food or entertainment might there have been? Find out what
Hampton Court Palace was like and design a leaflet to advertise the feast.
Science-on the blog
What can you find out about Sir
Isaac Newton and his theories? Let us know on the blog.
Born: January 4th 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England
ReplyDeleteDied: March 31st 1727 in London, England
Occupation: Mathematician, Astronomer, Scientist
Famous For: Noticing gravity and defining the Three Laws of Motion.
It is thought that Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest ever Scientists ever considered. Even Albert Einstein's opinion told us he was the smartest person who ever lived. In his lifetime he developed the theory of gravity
and he also created the three Laws of Motion. In addition, he was also renowned for making significant changes to the reflecting telescope. In Mathematics he invented a new type: Calculus
He went to Cambridge in 1661 and studied for a few years. The Great Plague in 1665-1667 stopped him and he had to leave Cambridge. For these two years he went home to Woolsthorpe and developed his theories.
He was elected President of the Royal Society in 1703 and was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705. His invention of the reflecting telescope used mirrors to reflect light and was invented in 1668.
Fun Facts
It is thought that Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell off one of the trees on his farm and hit him on the head.
He studied many classic Philosophers including Aristotle, Copernicus and Galileo.
Sir Isaac newton was born on the 4th of January 1643, he died on the 31 March 1727. He was the first person in the world who discovered gravity.
ReplyDeleteHe was sitting under an apple tree and suddenly an apple from the tree fell onto his head. Then he started to discover the laws of gravity. He was a mathematician and a scientist.
Sir Isaac Newton was born prematurely on Christmas morning, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was a tiny baby, given little chance of survival.
ReplyDeleteThe country he was born into was chaotic and turbulent. England was being torn apart by civil war. Plague was an ever-present threat. Many believed the end of the world was imminent. But the hamlet of Woolsthorpe was a quiet community, little touched by either war or plague, which respected Puritan values of sobriety, simple worship and hard work.
Dear mum and dad,
ReplyDeleteI am writing a letter for you from the time, 1526, August. Is everything okay back at home? How art thou doing? What are thou up to? Anyway, you probably have been wondering of how I am doing at my job. Well, let me tell thee.
It has been a real pain working for our majesty, King Henry VIII in Hampton Court Palace. We have to do such hard things such as putting on Henry VIII’s clothes on him without touching him. If we do touch him, we will get beheaded at his church. Many other extremely complicated jobs have to be done for him, if you refused, you’ll be executed.
When it is my turn to help out, I feel extremely frightened. What if I make a mistake and then get severely punished? All the jobs need to be done flawlessly so you wouldn’t have to get whipped for it.
All I can sense is the fear of getting decapitated really climbs on my nerves. I start to tremble of even the slightest noise of the king’s footsteps.
The hardest job is to cook an enormous feast every day, pork and beef only, for the king. I have to wake up at 5 in the morning, go to the kitchen and make one ginormous banquet for King Henry VIII. We would always finish at 9 in the morning, and the king had gotten plumper each day after the feasts. It is EXHAUSTING!!!!!!
Although how hard and scary it is for being a servant to our royal highness. I kind of like doing these jobs which involve dangerous risks because it proves that I am a bold servant and not some sort of a person who would quit the job on the first day. It also proves that I am capable of overcoming challenges. That’s what makes me a truly worthy servant of our 2nd Tudor king.
Love from,
Your son (Ashwyn)
Isaac Newton was the first person to discover gravity. He had a theory of when he was young, ‘how does an apple fall to the ground, what makes it happen? Later on in his life, Isaac Newton did a huge amount of researching and study and came to a conclusion and named the force ‘gravity.’ Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. He was born on 25th December 1642 and died on March 20th 1726.
ReplyDeleteHe did his education in Trinity College, Cambridge (1667–1668).
The reflecting telescope was invented by Sir Isaac Newton in 1671. By using a curved mirror to reflect and focus the light, the length of the telescope was dramatically reduced.
The pet door or pet flap was also invented by Isaac Newton in 1673. (It referred to in more specific terms, such as cat flap, cat door, dog door, or doggie door) It is a small portal in a wall, window or human door to allow pets to enter and exit a house (or other structure) on their own without needing a person to open the door.
Newton worked in many areas of mathematics and physics. He developed the theories of gravitation in 1666, when he was only 23 years old. Some twenty years later, in 1686, he presented his three laws of motion in the "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis."
1. Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it.
2. Force is equal to the change in momentum (mV) per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration. (F=m a)
3. For every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action.
Newton would use these principles to account for the trajectories of comets, the tides, the precession of the equinoxes, and other astrophysical phenomena. His work also demonstrated that the motion of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies could be described by the same principles.
In 1666, Newton began contributing to the field of optics, first by observing that color was a property of light by measuring it through a prism. From 1670 to 1672, he lectured at the University of Cambridge on optics and investigated the refraction of light, demonstrating that the multicolored spectrum produced by a prism could be recomposed into white light by a lens and a second prism. As a result of his research, he came to theorize that color is the result of objects interacting with already-colored light rather than objects generating the color themselves, which is known as Newton’s theory of color.
He also formulated an empirical law of cooling, studied the speed of sound, and introduced the notion of a Newtonian fluid. This term is used to describe any fluid where the viscous stresses arising from its flow, at every point, are linearly proportional to the rate of change of its deformation over time.
Is this your own work, Ashwyn?
DeleteNewton's first law of motion states that objects continue to move in a state of constant velocity (which can be zero), in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its velocity is known as inertia. This law had been suggested by Galileo and others before him, but it was still not universally accepted because it contradicted Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.
ReplyDeleteNewton's second law shows how an object will be effected if an external force does act upon it. This law states that the rate of change of momentum of a body is proportional to the resultant force acting on it (F) and is in the same direction. The rate of change of momentum equals mass (m) multiplied by rate of change of velocity, which is the same as mass multiplied by acceleration (a). We now state Newton's second law as F=ma. This shows that less force is needed to push something lighter - which means that light objects have less inertia.
Newton's third law states that the force on an object is always due to another object; all forces act in pairs that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. This is why you feel recoil when you strike an object and why you do not fall through the Earth due to the pull of gravity.
Dear mum and dad,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your preivous response to my letter. I have written this letter to tell you what it is like at Hampton court palece. King henry has found a new wife. Anne Boleyn. I had to behead Katherine of Aragon. It was so gory. It feels like I have been there for years. King henry always asks me to do things, like clip his toe nails. With my teeth. Makes me shiver. Anyway other then those things, I like it here. Hope you have a good day
yours sincerely,
Tarek
I think on that day king henry the VIII was going to sign a contract of get his own church. He had pork, wine and much more meat. He had gold dishes and jesters for entertainment . It was held at Hampton court palace were loads of people came.
ReplyDeleteIsaac Newton was born on January 4 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England. Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician, and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. It is thought that, Newton developed the principles of modern physics by scientists.
ReplyDeleteHe told people his laws of motion and universal gravitation in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, commonly known as the 'Principia', in 1687. Isaac's second law shows how an object will be effected if an external force does act upon it
Theory about Isaac Newton and Gravity
ReplyDeleteNow I am about to tell you the theory that Isaac Newton thought about gravity and the apple falling on his head!!!
Isaac Newton's theory was that when 2 bodies were attract , the pull is towards the nearer to the centre of the world. If the mass is less of the thing that is nearer to the centre of the world , the thing that is ment to go down because of the gases in the air.
Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1643 at a time when the laws of nature were a mystery. He studied maths and physics, and is perhaps best known for discovering gravity. His occupation was a scientist, a mathematician, and an astronomer. Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. He died in March 31, 1727 in London, England.
ReplyDeleteAccording to one of Isaac Newton's laws, ‘an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.’ This means that there is a natural tendency of objects to keep on doing what they're doing. All objects resist changes in their state of motion.
Dear mum and dad,
ReplyDeleteI love my new job. It gives an advantage of seeing everything that is happening in the palace. I get to see royal constantly, and the palace is gorgeous. I got to see Henry marry Jane Seymour, with tears in his eyes he tenderly agreed to marry her. Her gown was caked in precious jewels, with golden embroidery of flowers and leaves. I wake up every morning to feed Henry's and Jane's horses, and they are silky and fast. My favourite one is Jane's young white stallion, whose name is E'toile. She can go as fast as a lightning bolt and is friendly and cooperative.
Write back soon and love you loads,
Helga
(22 facts on Isaac Newton) 1) Isaac Newton was born January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England, United Kingdom
ReplyDelete2) He died March 31, 1727, in London, England, United Kingdom
3) Newton actually studied for a degree in law.
4) The young Isaac was enrolled in King’s School in Grantham, a town in Lincolnshire.
5) Newton’s mother wanted Isaac to become a farmer, but Isaac had no interest in farming exams and failed!
6) He owned more books on historical subjects than on science.
7) Isaac Newton suffered two nervous breakdowns.
8) Newton was notorious for his bad temper and conflicts with other people. In particular Hooke and Leibinz.
9) Between 1665 and 1667 the University of Cambridge was dispersed due to the Plague and Newton returned to Woolsthorpe Manor.
10) Isaac Newton become known in the scientific community through his refractive telescope – a big improvement on existing telescopes.
11) Isaac Newton disliked to hear any criticism and he became embroiled in a bitter row with Robert Hooke, an original member of the Royal Academy.
12) After the death of his mother in 1678, Newton entered six years of intellectual seclusion where he only communicated with the briefest notes.
13) It is claimed Newton’s discovered the theory of gravity after watching an apple fall in the orchard.
14) Throughout his life Newton continued research into a wide range of subjects including mathematics, optics, astronomy and alchemy.
15) Newton was interested in the new wave of philosophy becoming known in the Western world.
16) He became an acquaintance of political philosopher John Locke.
17) He was elected as Member of Parliament for the University in 1700, but only held this post for a year.
18) Newton himself would tell the story of an apple falling from a tree giving him inspiration for his work on gravity. However, there is no evidence he was actually hit by an apple!
19) Newton’s book - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), has been called the single most influential book on physics.
20) In 1696, Newton was appointed warden of the Royal Mint. He took his duties very seriously, seeking to prevent corruption.
As master of the Mint, Newton moved the British currency, from the silver to the gold standard.
21) Newton was fascinated with religion, though didn’t hold orthodox views. He wrote an article on textual criticism of the Bible.
One of Newton’s most famous quotes was:
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
22) English poet Alexander Pope wrote the following epithet for Newton.
“Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night;
God said “Let Newton be” and all was light.”
Isaac Newton discovered many great things. Here are some facts and his 3 laws of motion:
ReplyDeleteBorn: January 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Died: March 31, 1727, Kensington, London
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (1667–1668)
I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
II. The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. In this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
III.For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.