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Let's answer some questions

Let's answer some questions
cphillips - Fri Feb 01, 2008 @ 07:54AM
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Last Comment: Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 12:51PM

I thought I'd answer some questions that we haven't got to in class. I have to say though, if you are on line then you have all the answers at your fingertips. What I'd love most is for you to go on a little hunt and share them with me. The few sites I have listed are a place to start. Remember that the star closest to us after the sun would take us 70,000 years to get to.... I know Dylan, how do they know that and how do we study things so far away. People have been studying the stars for hundreds of years and using some pretty simple techniques have found distances of planets and stars that we still believe are accurate today. You can look up "parallax" and see what that has to do with it. Also, look into the Hubble Telescope. It has the ability to take some very powerful pictures of other galaxies that are light years away.

As for stars, they almost have a life in that they are "born" and eventually burn out or explode. The same is true of our star, the sun. I believe there is a section on stars in our book.

We will be doing a project Cody. We'll get there. Expect to get to the computer lab this week or next as part of it.

 

Comments: 21
Last Comment: Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 12:51PM

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1. Kimberly Moritz - Fri Feb 01, 2008 @ 12:52PM

Mrs. Phillips rocks the Middle School! Do you realize that on this snow day she's at home developing pages for her students to learn more about astonomy? That's totally cool and I hope her students are out on the web learning more about this fascinating topic. GO GMS Science Students!

2. Eryka Kusiowski - Tue Feb 05, 2008 @ 03:01PM

How does a star exactly explode and how do the meters get sent so far if the star explodes?

The explosions send things in onw direction and inertia carries them throughout space.

3. Eryka Kusiowski - Wed Feb 06, 2008 @ 06:09PM

I have heard of something called the "blue moon". What is that and how often does it come around?

We actually talked about is in class-- it's when two full moons occur in one month!

4. nick reid - Fri Feb 08, 2008 @ 02:50PM

do we have any tests next week

No tests Nick!

5. Kelsey Delpriore - Sun Feb 10, 2008 @ 04:41PM

Mrs.Phillips

What is a black hole exactly? My guess definision is a tornadoe -type hole in a solar system or galaxy that will suck in anything within a certain range depending on it's size, mass, or shape. I really have NO clue! Please help me figure this one out.

I understand very little about black holes. Our galaxy of stars is slowly turning around a black hole..... see what you can find out!

6. Kelsey Delpriore - Sun Feb 10, 2008 @ 05:01PM

Mrs.Phillips

I just finished reading the rest of your blogs and I am back. I want to show off some of my smarts to you about leap years. You said in class that the Earth revolves around the sun every 365 1/4 days. So... if my birthday was on Feb.29th I would always have a birthday every year, I would just add on 6 hrs to my regular birth time. Now isn't that a clever conclution?

Hey Smarty Pants!! Never thought of it that way.... BUT does that mean we ALL add 6 hours to our birth time every year until we catch up in a leap year???

7. kim k - Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 08:46AM

when we have a leap year that means that when the earth rotates around the earth every year it never gets at the same spot. how come when people see things they name it something and not try to see what it really is?

**I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? CAN YOU CLEAR UP YOUR QUESTION?

8. Cassie C. - Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 03:13PM

i just wanted to know if the sun could ever be replaced by another star? when is global warming sopposed to take place?

** CASSIE, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF STARS WITH THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF PLANETS. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS OUR PLANETS AND OUR SUN. WHEN OUR SUN IS GONE (IN ABOUT 5 BILLION YEARS), ANOTHER COULD NOT TAKE ITS PLACE AS THE CENTER OF THESE SAME PLANETS.

9. shaina - Wed Feb 13, 2008 @ 04:22PM

if their are bigger suns than y dont we see them light up????????

YOU DO-- THey're the other stars in the night sky.

10. sabastian Luther - Wed Feb 13, 2008 @ 04:26PM

my cuz shaina told me about this website.
How did the sun get to be at the center of our solarsystem?

HI SEBASTIAN- THE QUESTION YOU'RE REALLY ASKING IS WHAT CAME FIRST, THE SUN OR OUR PLANETS.... LOOK INTO IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OR WHAT YOU THINK. :)

11. eilis meehan - Sun Feb 17, 2008 @ 07:48AM

hi im dillon +james meehan's sister and im in 5th grade are ailiens real????? P.S just asking

HI! SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I THINK.... I THINK THAT THAT THE UNIVERSE IS SOOOOOO BIG, THAT THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE MUST BE SOMETHING LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE, EVEN IF ITS MICROSCOPIC.

12. nick - Sun Feb 17, 2008 @ 03:13PM

are their people on mars?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

13. Hopeee - Tue Feb 19, 2008 @ 05:20PM

did u hear were goin to have a lunar eclipse on tuseday i am exited

HOPE, DID YOU NOTICE THAT WAS ON MY WHITE BOARD FOR 2 WEEKS?? :) I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 21ST BUT I JUST HEARD IT ON THE NEWS FOR TONIGHT??? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CLOUDY. I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. KEEP AN EYE OUT AND LET ME KNOW. HOPE YOUR BREAK IS GOING WELL.

14. shaina - Fri Feb 22, 2008 @ 08:51AM

whens the next solar eclipse

THERE IS ONE THAT WILL BE VISABLE THIS AUGUST BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO CANADA TO GET A GOOD LOOK. AFTER THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN WNY MAY 20, 2012.

15. shaina - Tue Feb 26, 2008 @ 07:40PM

i'll be in 10th grade when the next solar eclipse comes around :-(

16. HUNTER - Sat Mar 01, 2008 @ 04:28PM

why does venus spin backwoards?

17. Claudia - Sun Mar 09, 2008 @ 12:38AM

What happens if the Earth ever stops it Revolution?

18. $Claudia$ - Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 08:01AM

What if later on in the future that the people find a way for the Earth to stay around more than it should with out dying out?

19. Eryka - Sat Mar 22, 2008 @ 03:19PM

You said that if you are in space you won't see anything. then how is it that we can see it from here?

20. Eryka - Tue Mar 25, 2008 @ 06:10AM

By "see it' I meant stars and the sun!

21. dan - Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 12:51PM

:)how can i watch teachers or studants do scienc projects so i can learn how seartan things wor??????:):):):):):):):):)

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