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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
Early portraits of Queen Elizabeth I stress her God-given right to rule. By her death she symbolised national unity.
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Planet Venus
The planet Venus: known for love, rotational contrariness, crushing atmospheres, furnace-like temperatures and acid rain.
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Planet Jupiter | Gas giant and King of planets
The planet Jupiter's more massive than all the other planets in the Solar System put together. It's a stormy mass of raging gas and metallic hydrogen.
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Orbits
Satellites orbit planets, which orbit the Sun, which in turn orbits the centre of the Milky Way. But why?
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Non-European compasses
Compasses are mainly navigation aids in the West, but Asian and Middle Eastern cultures have also used them for spiritual guidance.
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Navigating from Captain Cook to GPS
Despite trailblazers like Captain Cook, the new techniques for navigation were slow to catch on.
Teacher Resources
Measuring the Universe
This video explains how we can measure the distance to near and far objects in the universe using parallax, 'standard candles' and the Doppler effect.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most successful generals of the French revolutionary armies. He was emperor of France from 1804-14, and in 1815.
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Meridian astronomy
Meridian astronomy is the meticulous surveying of the stars so that positions and movements of stars can be known accurately.
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Matthew Walker knot
A Matthew Walker Knot keeps the end of a rope from fraying but its origins are a mystery.