Timelines in the Science Curriculum Kaye Placing UniServe Science July 2008.

Timelines in the Science Curriculum

Kaye Placing

UniServe Science

July 2008

Examples taken from

Science Focus 3 & 4 (2004) published by

Pearson Education Australia:

Construct a time line of major [volcanic] eruptions in the last century.

Research gene switching and gene expression. You could start by considering the work of F. Jacob, J. Monod and H. Harris. Summarise your findings using a time line.

Research the lives of the Curies and use a time line to summarise key events in their lives.

Timelines in Science http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/profdev/timelines/

Examples of science based timelines available on the Web;

Web sites for developing simple paper based timelines;

Online tutorials for creating more sophisticated timelines using common application programs such as Word, Excel and Inspiration;

Interactive timelines; and Timelines to support NSW syllabuses that have

been developed by UniServe Science using the some of the resources identified and featured on the web page.

Application software tutorials

Excel

Word

Inspiration

Using ExcelHow to Create a Timeline in Excelhttp://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-a-timeline.html

Using ExcelHow to Create a Timeline in Excelhttp://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-a-timeline.html

Planck vs Einstein

1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960

Max Planck born

Albert Einstein born

Planck Professor University of Berlin

Einstein renounces German citizenship

Einstein graduates

Planck blackbody radiation

Einstein granted Sw iss citizenship

Einstein publishes three papers

Planck signs Manifesto of the 93 Intellectuals, professor University of Berlin

Einstein dies aged 76

Planck saves KWS from disbandment, dies aged 89

Manhattan Project begins

Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics

World War I ends

Planck Nobel Prize in Physics

Planck President of KWI

Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany (Nazi)

Planck meets Hitler

Einstein resigns from KWI, to Princeton

Einstein w arns of potential German atomic bomb

World War I

World War II ends

World War II begins

Planck's son, Erw in implicated in assassination attempt on Hitler

Erw in killed by Gestapo

Set Up the Data Table

Open up a new Excel workbook. Starting with cell B5=1, create a column of numbers 1-10. Starting with cell C5="Event 1", create a column of event labels. Set up a column starting with cell E5 that will represent the

heights of the leader lines in the timeline. In cell F5, enter the following formula:

=OFFSET($B$4,ROW()-ROW($F$4),0,1,1) In cell G5, enter the following formula: =OFFSET($C$4,ROW()-

ROW($G$4),0,1,1) Copy the formulas in F5 and G5 down to F14 and G15,

respectively.

http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-a-timeline.html

Create the Timeline Chart

Start the Chart Wizard (Insert > Chart...) In Step 1, choose the XY Scatter Chart (see image). In Step 2, set the X and Y values as follows (see image):

X Values: =Sheet1!$F$5:$F$14 Y Values: =Sheet1!$E$5:$E$14

In Step 3, do the following in each of the tabs ... Titles: Leave all fields blank (unless you want a Title) Axes: Turn off the y-axis Gridlines: Turn off all gridlines Legend: Turn off the legend Data Labels: Turn on the Y values (see image).

Click Finish


Add the Leader Lines

The leader lines are created by adding one-sided error bars to the data series. Right-click on a data point (not the label) and select "Format Data Series..." to

open the Format Data Series dialog box, or use the Chart toolbar to do the same thing:

In the Y Error Bars tab, select the Minus display and set the Percentage to 100 (see image).

Select OK. You're done with this part. Add the Leader Lines The leader lines are created by adding one-sided error bars to the data series. Right-click on a data point (not the label) and select "Format Data Series..." to

open the Format Data Series dialog box, or use the Chart toolbar to do the same thing:

In the Y Error Bars tab, select the Minus display and set the Percentage to 100 (see image).

Select OK. You're done with this part.


Add the Timeline Event Labels

This step is the most tricky if you are new to Excel charts (and even if you aren't). But, hopefully the images will help explain things.

Select the first Data Label (the one on the far left as shown in the image below).

Click on the data label once more so that you are editing just

the one label. Press the = key, or click inside of the Formula Bar. Either type in the reference, or click on cell G5. The result

should look like the following:

Repeat the first 4 steps for the rest of the data labels.


Einstein Planck debate

1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960

Max Planck born

Albert Einstein born

Distance of the planets from the Sun

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Astronomical units

MercuryVenusEarthMars

J upiterSaturn

Uranus NeptunePluto

Interactive Timelines

xtimeline

Timeline creator

Timeline Tools

SIMILE Timeline

xtimelines

http://www.xtimeline.com/ Beta version Web-based Free Registration necessary Timelines are hosted by web site Can have public or limited editing Public or limited viewing

Examples of xtimelines

Space exploration Development Of the Atomic Theory History of Astronomy History of Transistors Biography of Albert Einstein Timeline of Extinctions History of the AIDS epidemic

Timelines Creator

http://timeline.cer.jhu.edu/ Center for Educational Resources,

Johns Hopkins University Download from web site, use locally Available for Windows or Macintosh View locally or from personal web site Player must be present on local

computer for viewing

Timeline Tool

http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline.htm

University of British Columbia A web based learning object template which

allows an instructor to quickly construct an interactive timeline with audio and visual effects. The finished timeline can serve as a re-useable learning object which can be easily distributed and shared over the web. This learning object template is built in Flash, PHP and XML

SIMILE Timeline

http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ Simile, MIT

Thank you!

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Kaye [email protected]

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