| Event date(s): June 2008 | Chemistry: Materials & properties | Age group: 7-11 |
| About the Resource : Golf: Teacher, Powerpoint & Student Resource08 | Download Now |
 | There are three separate downloadable resources available which are: Golf Teacher Resource
Golf PowerPoint Resource
Golf Student Resource All resources compliment each other and for best use we suggest you use all resources in conjunction with each other during delivery of the module to your class/audience. Golf Teacher Resource The teacher resource for golf is a document with facts, key points and slide descriptions, which can be used as a basis of a script, created to aid the delivery of the science of golf module. The teacher resource is best delivered in conjunction with the PowerPoint resource (presentation), also downloadable from the site. A downloadable student resource worksheet supplements the module and can be used as a student handout. The resources are suitable for use to aid science teaching for 7 -11 year olds and introduce the topic of materials using golf and golf equipment as examples. The module explores metals and their properties in more depth and touches briefly on wood and other materials. Golf PowerPoint Resource The PowerPoint resource for golf is a presentation designed for teachers to use as a visual tool when using the teacher resource. The presentation looks briefly at the history of golf and then looks more closely at some of the science behind materials and their properties, concentrating mainly on metals and being able to identify different materials. The presentation is visual with pictures as well as bulleted key points. The student resource questions have been added to the presentation along with the answers to enable the questions to be run through in a group situation. Golf Student Resource The student resource for golf is a two page document consisting of questions, pictures and information covering the subject. The worksheet is designed to be used at the end of the module to help students recap on the material covered and aid teachers to check that learning has taken place. The questions can be set as a homework exercise if preferred. The questions cover the properties of metals before asking the students to identify different materials from pictures of different items and also how those materials are produced, i.e. are they manmade, natural etc.
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| About the Event : The US Open, Torrey Pines, California 2008 |
Each June the United States Open Championship is held at a variety of locations around America. The courses used for this, the second annual major championship in men’s golf, are usually difficult courses where achieving a low score is extremely challenging.
In 2006 the competition was held at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York and Australian Geoff Ogilvy won with a score of 5 over par. This year’s tournament is to be staged at Torrey Pines, California.
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| About Golf |
The aim of golf is to get the ball into the designated hole in as few strokes as possible. Dependant on the shot required a wood, iron or putter (the different types of clubs available) is used to hit the motionless ball towards the hole.
A golf course usually consists of 18 holes and a person’s score is the number of strokes it takes to complete the course, the person with the lowest score being the winner. Each course has a ‘par’; this refers to how many strokes an expert golfer would need to complete the course. Usual par for an 18 hole course is 72. Each hole has a teeing off area where the player starts, a fairway with rough long grass at the sides and a green where the hole is located. Some holes have hazards that players need to navigate over or around included to make the course harder and more interesting, these can include bunkers, trees, water hazards and bends and undulations in the fairways and greens. It is documented that the game of golf originates from Scotland, and the St Andrews links is referred to as the ‘home of golf’. Scotland still has a higher ratio of golf courses per person than any other country in the world.
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