Week 6 blog, week 7 class

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 -What did you do in lab today? 

In lab this week we talked about our solar system. We got to do a really cool activity that made us think really hard. The activity that we did was making a scale model of the solar system through the TLC. This was actually really fun and my table mates and I had a great time setting this up. At first it was a little difficult to figure out the scale of the planets in relation to the scale. I had to remake the planets to many times because they were too big! Our planets were between .5 millimeters and 2.8 millimeters. This was actually so difficult it made me really frustrated, HAHA. Overall, it was not too hard, we had an easy time figuring out the scale and how/ where to place each planet when it was time to measure everything out! I loved this activity and would definitely do something like this with my classmates in the future.  

-We also were presented with a presentation that we will be doing with our table groups the following week Our group decided to do the lifecycle of stars, how cool! I think we got the best/ coolest topic to do a presentation on. 

-What was the big question? (all big questions are posted below)

-From lab this week I think the big question was how can we make an accurate scale model of the solar system. 

What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? 

-I learned so much in discussion this week. I love how we are learning more about the moon and how it rotates and is in correlation with the earth. I also thought it was really cool to learn about the different theories of how the earth and the moon became friends. Overall, I learned a lot from discussion but most of the information was stuff that I already knew. We also got to sign up for school of the wild! 

TEXTBOOK 

What did you learn? 

- I learned a lot from this chapter! This table was really helpful to look back on after our lesson on Monday. I also really liked the size comparison that was given too with the volleyball and the objects that represented the planets. I also learned why Pluto is not considered a planet. Basically, Pluto is missing the third requirement to become a planet, which is "clearing the neighborhood". Poor Pluto! We still love you!

ElementDiameter (km)Distance from the Sun (x106) (km)
Sun1,392,000————————–
Mercury4,89757.9
Venus12,104108.2
Earth12,756149.6
Mars6,794227.9
Jupiter142,980778.6
Saturn120,5401433.5
Uranus51,1202872.5
Neptune49,5304495.1

What was helpful? 

-The tables, size comparison, and explanations that were provided. This text does a great job of explaining these concepts in simple terms. 

What do you need more information on?

-I want to know why Pluto was considered a planet before and what had changed scientists minds on why we should or should not consider it a planet anymore. 

What question, comments, or concerns do you have? 

-None 

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