biggest dream..

I would have to say that my biggest dream is.....to be able to see my dad again...and would have him around during my life growing up. It would make things a lot different in my life with him here...

the end of the world as we know it...

killer solar flares...

I think that the possiblity of them being killer solar flares and have the world end is far out there. Because the sun gets them from the solar winds and nothing really has happened and we are very well protected the earth is and I dont think that the world is going to end. But I do believe that the solar flares are dangerous and should be something that we should keep our eye on.

spaceweather and asteroids

I think that we should be concerned about the things that are out in space. Because if we have the power to look more into and have the backgroung and the tools to why not. Also I think that it is interesting to learn about.

On November 14, 2008 there were 997 potentially hazardous asteroids. Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.

Coronado's Personal Solar Telescope--PST for short--is a great way to get started with solar astronomy. The telescope is small, portable, and inexpensive--but it is a big performer. Looking through the eyepiece of a PST you can see vast dark solar filaments, red glowing prominences, and seething active regions where sunspots break through the sun's surface.

The comets have elicted orbits and they come very close to the earth and then go back out as far as pluto. Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond expectations. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 consisted of at least 21 discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up to 2 kilometers.

plate tectonics with play doh

1. Importance of these terms
Pangaea- the supercontinet before they all moved to their current location
Sea floor spreading-occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge. Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics
Plate boundaries- are found at the edge of the lithospheric plates and are of three types, convergent, divergent and conservative. Wide zones of deformation are usually characteristic of plate boundaries because of the interaction between two plates. The three boundaries are characterized by their distinct motions.
the ring of fire- is an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
a mid ocean ridge-is an underwater mountain range, typically having a valley known as a rift running along its axis, formed by plate tectonics.
a shifting north and south pole- the North Pole will be changed into the South Pole. Scientifically this can only be explained by the fact that the earth will start rotating in the opposite direction, together with a huge disaster of unknown proportions.
2. that they are lacking plate tectonics
3. that they are moving but not very fast.
4.off the west coast waves up to 100 ft high 9.1-9.3 on the scale one of the deadlest one plate went under another
5. that it used to be a supercontient
right about what happened just couldnt prove it

moons of jupiter lab

Each one was different from the other and it showed the different stages of the moons. I learned that are differnt parts. They were very close together. Some had bigger gaps because of missing one or siping a day. It was interesting to see how each one was a little bit different and how close they were together. It would be very hard to be able to see everything. Because some of the things are farther away and are smaller. So with only being able to do 10x you would see everything. Yet alone very clear and be accurate with the data.
Galileo was ordered not to "hold or defend" the idea that the Earth moved and the Sun remained stationary at the center. For several years, Galileo was able to discuss heliocentric theory hypothetically without arousing undue ire from the Church.
http://physics.about.com/od/famousphysicists/p/galileo.htm

Uranus

It is the seventh planet from the sun. Over 51,000 kilometers, four times the size of the earth and is the 3rd largest planet. The first to be discovered using the teleascope. A gas planet made up of ice and gases. Axis tilted at 95 degrees which means half of time that half of its dark and the other half is in complete sun. It has only been visited once.

Uranus

LaB on wednesday

I thought that it was interesting to see how the planets and the sun and moon work together. It was weired to think of how small planet earth is compared to the other planets. The sun was huge compare to earth and when it showed the stars in size in made the sun seem tiny. Therefore the earth is very little and everything always seems to be moving in the solar system and some plants and such faster than others. It was interesting to watch and see the size differences.