Neptune

“Linnéa, would you be kind to solve 14.5 + 2.2.” Her teacher asks, stopping her thoughts. Wanting to make a good first impression on her classmates, Linnéa confidently walks up to the board, careful of not tripping on the extension cord lying across the mat. She doesn’t have to try, she is confident in herself and math. Linnéa is also erudite on the subject of math, but the sudden change and feeling of being so different has made her take a step back and not wanting to draw attention to her.…

In our solar system, there are the nine planets. They are Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. These planets was formed when clouds of gas and dust collapsed with gravity in space. Earth is the third planet from the sun. Throughout the solar system, Earth is the unique place where life can exist. This planet contains atmosphere with oxygen, with lands and oceans on its surface. The ocean covers roughly 70 percent of the Earth's surface and besides that 30…

Exoplanet Essay 1.0 Introduction An extrasolar planet also known as exoplanet is any planet that orbits a star not within our solar system. The first real discovery of an exoplanet was made in 1995 by the Swiss team of Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of Geneva. The planet that they discovered was at least half the mass of Jupiter and smaller in size. NASA has confirmed 1746 exoplanets exist and there is surely more to be discovered. The Kepler mission was too find and statistically characterizes…

Pluto We know Pluto as the dwarf planet that had its planetary status revoked. We know it as the distant 9th planet in our solar system. We know it as the planet billions of miles away from the sun. Even though all of these facts about pluto might be right, we do not know so much about this glorious planet. Pluto is a dwarf planet that was discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century. Over the years, there has been much debate over whether or not we should qualify Pluto as a planet,…

Space is a lot about the unknown and mysteries but one thing we are sure about is the planets. Saturn is one of many in our solar system and is so unique in its own way for being the only plant to have rings around it. We all know of this planet due to its spectacular rings. Although this planet has them it poses many other interesting features. The Romans were the people who made Saturn's name come to be to what it is now. The Romans knew there was seven different bright objects that were in…

Audience Analysis Student 1 Lorraine: Lorraine’s native language is Spanish. She has been studying English since kindergarten and has been my student since the beginning of the school year. Lorraine is in the intermediate fluency stage of language development. She is able to read text and relate the context of the reading to the lesson. She does well on critical thinking test questions. Lorraine is able to write brief paragraphs on context. Unfortunately, Lorraine is very shy and when she…

Have you ever wonder why the planets are in the order they are in? What makes an inner planet? Are the inner planets the only ones found with life? The four inner planets are called terrestrial planets and they are the four closest to the sun. There are four inner planets: mercury, venus, earth, and mars. They are the closest to the sun. inner planets exist around stars and each one of them has a central care mostly made of iron. They are called inner planets because they are closer to the sun…

Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel, Uranus has been puzzling scientists with its unique features. For years the only method in which the planet Uranus could be studied was through the telescope. All information gathered on the distant planet could not be confirmed with a close up observation. The launch of NASA’s Voyager 2 in August of 1977, intended for the study of the outer solar system has provided pertinent information on the planet. On January 24, 1986, Voyager came within 100,000 km…

Review of Literature I. Introduction- History of Ganymede Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter and in the entire Solar System. Ganymede is also the only moon to have a magnetosphere, which according to NOAA is the region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field. Ganymede was discovered on January 7th, 1610 by Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer that played a huge role in the scientific revolution during the…

Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit is a specific learning disability that causes students to struggle with cutting and pasting, difficulty holding pencils and poor hand/eye coordination. This learning disability can cause students to have frequent headaches or to struggle with learning new material. The third grade science lesson plans covers the Solar System and the order of the planets. The outcome of this lesson plans is for the students to gain knowledge about the Solar System and be…