on the Smart board. The classroom environment was filled with anticipation of actually getting to see what the solar system looks like. The students enjoyed seeing and feeling the effect of being in space where they could get a closer look at the planets. It was great to see a lot of enthusiastic and eager students. After showing the students how the solar system
Premium Education Scientific method Teacher
Greek mythology has influenced our science quite heavily from the very start – including the naming of the planets. The first five planets (not including Earth): Mercury‚ Mars‚ Venus and Saturn were all named by the Romans after adaptations of what were originally Greek gods. Mercury is the roman equivalent of Hermes the messenger of gods and was named for the speed with which the planet moves around the sun. Mars‚ known for its red colour was named for the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Ares
Premium Greek mythology
The Earth as a Planet It is important to look at the Earth in its context as only one of the nine planets which make up the solar system. This is an introduction to the Solar System‚ its formation‚ and composition‚ with special emphasis on the "terrestrial" or "inner" planets. I take a kind of historical approach‚ noting the patterns and regularities observed‚ for example‚ by Tycho Brahe‚ described by Johannes Kepler‚ and explained by Sir Isaac Newton. Laplace and even the philosopher Immanuel
Premium Earth Mass Solar System
thick. In comparison‚ the earth has a diameter of 12‚756 km and the sun has a diameter of 1‚392‚000 km. This means that Halley’s Comet is only about 4% the size of earth but because of it’s coma‚ it appears much larger to the naked eye. While the planets orbit around the sun‚ Halley’s Comet orbits towards and away from the sun‚ all the way out to Jupiter‚ perpendicular to the planet’s orbits. Halley is classified as a periodic or short-period comet‚ one with an orbit lasting 200 years or less
Premium Comet Planet Sun
the solar system. At 5.2 A.Us (Astronomical units – 93‚000‚000 miles) from the Sun‚ Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the first of the gas giants (Bennett et. al A-14-15). Being so far away from the Sun‚ it takes Jupiter about 11.9 Earth years to orbit the Sun (Kerrod 148). Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system; in fact‚ it is more massive than all the other planets combined! At its equator‚ the gas giant measures 88‚850 miles in diameter (Kerrod 148). Jupiter is so huge
Premium Jupiter
1. Define and discuss the differences between substance abuse‚ substance dependence‚ substance tolerance and substance withdrawal. Substance abuse is when a person excessively uses a type of bad substance such as drugs or alcohol. Substance dependence is when a person requires drugs to function normally. This person first abuses the drug then it dependence on the drug to carry on their day normally. Substance tolerance is when a person has use the drug so much that it does not feel the same high
Premium Sleep Drug addiction Recreational drug use
The Running Moon “Mom‚ it’s doing it again!” I yelled from the backseat of my stepfather’s Nissan Xterra. No matter how fast my mother drove‚ the moon always remained caught up to us‚ despite its differing shapes. Whether it was a full-moon or a half-moon‚ it was always quick enough to ride right alongside of the SUV. “The women at the planetarium told my class that people have went to the moon‚” I said reminiscing that field trip I had taken a couple weeks ago at school. “Riley‚ honey‚ the moon
Premium Vincent van Gogh Earth Mind
democracy‚ the Romans interpreted Greek religion in their own way‚ simply renaming Greek Gods but believing in the same myths (“Greek Influence on Rome”‚ 2017). It’s quite fascinating that the names the Romans gave to their Gods are the names of our planets (and one that has since been re-classified a star!): Jupiter‚ Neptune‚ Venus‚ Mercury and
Premium Ancient Greece Democracy Ancient Rome
earth-like arachnids for livable planets and that the arachnids could build weapons and ships to rival humans. The book begins with Juan Rico describing ‘the shakes’ he gets before
Premium Human World War II Earth
blown off when the early Earth was struck by a Mars-sized early planet (retroactively named Theia). Huge amounts of debris were ejected into orbit around the Earth‚ where most of it coalesced into the Moon. The other moons in the solar system have different origins. The small ones are mostly captured asteroids‚ I think‚ while many of the larger ones (e.g. Ganymede) are thought to have formed in orbit around their respective planets. How are comets different from asteroids? The main difference between
Premium Plate tectonics