Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch scientist and mathematician born in 1629. Huygens was known for his work with early studies of the rings of Saturn and later the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan. Huygens would grind his own lenses for his telescope and invented what is now known as the Huygenian eyepiece. He was also known for his work as a physicist‚ probabilist‚ and horologist. Placing two plano lenses in a telescope‚ separated by an air gap‚ creates the Huygenian eyepiece. The lenses should
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“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime‚ but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon.” (book jacket Harstad). Three teenagers have won the opportunity to go to the moon for a week‚ and this is how it happened. Mia‚ from Norway‚ is upset because her parents signed her up for the 2019 Moon Trip “raffle” so to speak‚ but‚ the thing is‚ she didn’t want to go. Midori‚ from Japan‚ is excited for this trip because she can be free and is able
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background of Moon Shadow and his family in the middle kingdom in China. It goes into detail about their struggles and reasons. In this chapter it introduces Tang town or china town. This chapter goes into detail of the family company. The company’s name was Peach Orchard Vow. The company had a feast for Moon Shadow’s arrival. This chapter had detail on how Windrider got his new nickname. Windrider shares his story of meeting the Dragon king. In the end of the chapter uncle gives Moon Shadow a carving
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the Sun * Put the flashlight on a table a few meters away and shine it toward you. * Hold the ball at arm’s length to represent the Moon while your head represents Earth. * Slowly spin around (counterclockwise) so that the ball goes around you just like the Moon orbits Earth. * As you turn‚ you’ll see the ball go through phases just like the Moon. Understanding Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. One to two sentences will not suffice. 1
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first thought when introduced to the moon journal assignment was: “I think Dr. Burke may be crazy. Why would teachers need to learn about the moon‚ unless science is their content area?” I begrudgingly began looking for the moon and was discouraged for nearly a week when I could not find it. After reading and discussing Duckworth‚ I began to understand why this journaling project is an assignment for the class. According to Duckworth (1996)‚ studying the moon brings about discourse and conversation
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“The Subduction Zone Observatory Takes Shape” The article “The Subduction Zone Observatory Takes Shape” published in Science magazine was written by Julia Rosen. Dr. Rosen has an Honors Degree BS in Geological and Environmental Science from Stanford University and a PhD in Geology from Oregon State University. She is an award-winning writer currently working as a freelance science journalist (cite?). The article discusses the proposal for a new‚ large-scale research program called the Subduction
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The Moon Also Rises. What if it would not? An essay on the effects of the moon on the earth‚ life‚ humanity and modern society. “Just like moons and like suns‚ With the certainty of tides‚ Just like hopes springing high‚ Still I’ll rise”‚ writes Maya Angelou in 1978‚ believing in the certainty of the moon spinning endlessly around the earth‚ giving us light in the darkest of times. Could you even imagine a world without a moon? A world in which the black of night would only be interrupted by countless
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Moons of Saturn By Melinda Herron 11/29/2011 Moons of Saturn The moons of Saturn are a very interesting topic to research. Before beginning this amazing journey on the moons‚ first we must do a brief overview of the planet Saturn. Saturn is the sixth largest planet from the sun; it is very large and does not have very much water. This research paper will explore the different moons‚ the names‚ atmosphere‚ similarities and sizes of the moons. Saturn has 62 moons
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Moon shadow had finally been old enough to fly his dad’s kite. His mom didn’t want him to fly them when he was younger. Moon shadow‚ his mom‚ and grandma lived together while windrider‚ moon shadows dad lives in America and works at a laundry company. He and a lot of tang men go to America to make money for their family. Sometimes some or the whole family goes with them. But not windriders. One day this strange man named hand clap comes to the door. He had told them that he worked at the company
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understand more about space and especially the moon. In many of the manned and unmanned missions collected many rock samples. In this certain study they found that the moon had many magma rocks on the moon. This fact surprised many scientists because space is very cold (as we all know) and magma rocks are formed from extreme heat or pressure. The magma rocks were only found in certain parts of the moon and not in others. So we know that the whole moon was obviously not all formed by magma rocks.
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