blog post#6-12/17/09

1. What are 3 scientific facts that you learned from watching Journey to the Center of the Earth?
-Magnesium is flammable.
-Muscovite is breakable.
-With enough water magma can have a geyser reaction.
2. What are 3 things in the movie that were scientifically untrue?
-Birds can not glow.
-The center of the earth would kill you instantly, because it's nothing but magma.
-The giant snake things that were eating the fish dont exist.

Blog post#5-12/15/09

1. What was your favorite topic that we learned about this year in Earth Science?
My favorite topic that i learned about is the astronomy.

2. Explain this topic. Provide a picture and/or website link to better illustrate what you learned.
Astronomy is about space and whats in it. Like the stars, planets, moons, galaxies, and the black holes.

3. Why is this so cool? Mr. Dunn likes a lot of stuff that we do (that's why we do it). Why did you like this particular topic?

This is cool because it is cool knowing there is a lot of stuff that we need to k now about .I like this topic, because i love to look up at the stars and knowing what else is up there

Blog post#4-12/7/09

What do you think the universe looked like before the Big Bang? What made the universe "bang?"
I think the universe looked like a huge star. Space itself made the universe "bang".

blog post#3-12/3/09

1. What are the four ways astronomers can detect extrasolar planets?
Radial Velcoity, Astrometry, Opitcal Detection, and Transit Method
2. Choose one of the four ways and explain it in detail.
Radial Velcoity is also known as Doppler spectroscopy, this method measures slight position of a star that happen as it is tugged to and fro by a planets gravitational pull
3. In your answer to #2 you chose one way that astronomers detect extrasolar planets. Search the Internet to find how many extrasolar planets have been detected using this method.
They have not given a answer but a vast amount