Tuesday, March 8, 2011
I GOT THE CLAYMATION TO WORKKKKKKK!!!
Its on youtube under: Life of a star claymation IM SOOO HAPPY IT WORKED!!!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Spectro-what!?
Basically, Spectroscopy using the different colors in light to determine physical properties of an object, such as temperature, mass, luminosity, and composition.
I found this website really helpful. Not only did it go in-depth of what Spectroscopy was, but it explained all sorts of knowledge and understanding one would need to know to fully comprehend Spectroscopy.
Class Changes
There really isn't much Id change about our science class. Its pretty sweet compared to other classes, because its interactive, fairly lenient when it comes to the amount of worksheets and stuff we do, and it really in-depth about the things we learn. I used to think the life cycle of stars was boring because all we did last year was go over the names of the stages and what order they came in. In our class, I learned SOO much more that I found it to actually be exciting!
If I'd change one thing about our class it would be groups. If we were able to pick our own groups, I think group projects would go a lot quicker. Even though it seems like we'd only fool around with our friends, we're at that age where completing our projects is, like, EXTREMELY important to us. And with friends, they aren't afraid to harp on each other when a member needs to pick up the slack.
If I'd change one thing about our class it would be groups. If we were able to pick our own groups, I think group projects would go a lot quicker. Even though it seems like we'd only fool around with our friends, we're at that age where completing our projects is, like, EXTREMELY important to us. And with friends, they aren't afraid to harp on each other when a member needs to pick up the slack.
What Is Spectroscopy??
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. It originated through the study of Visible Light spread out according to its wavelength by a prism. Later this idea was Expanded to include any interaction with radiative energy as a function of its wavelength or frequency. I found this really cool video on Spectroscopy that explained it pretty well! Well its actually really boring but it really gave me an idea about what it really is!
Spectroscopy
I have found that in the easiest terms spectroscopy is basicly a way to determine the temperature, mass, luminosity, and composition by the color 
that it is. Here is a picture that i think helps show the relation between the diffrent speed waves and what they are used for.
that it is. Here is a picture that i think helps show the relation between the diffrent speed waves and what they are used for.
If I Ran Science Class
There are not many things that I would personaly want to change about are science class. One thing that i think would be pretty cool though would be to when ever we have group projects have a couple diffrent catagories and see whose is the best at showing the information by voting. Also if we got to choose who is in are groups it would be easier to work together outside of school and collaborate those are the only things I would change about science class.
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy, in smart terms, is a science generally used to find physical information(temperature, mass, luminosity, etc.) about an object by examining its dispersion of light into its compent colors (Kulesa, 1). To me I see spectroscopy as learning about an object by looking at its light's color from the Electromagnetic Spectrum we learned as a class. As I am currently researching on this topic i find it to be bit a confusing ,but I'm starting to get most of the information i am reading. I never knew that light could tell so much! Here are the two best sources i found that explain spectroscopy the best ,but i forgot how to embed so here are the links. For the video i found it was divided into 3 parts i found the 2nd to be the best.
Video Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxvnVPLR1A
Website:http://loke.as.arizona.edu/~ckulesa/camp/spectroscopy_examples.html
Video Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxvnVPLR1A
Website:http://loke.as.arizona.edu/~ckulesa/camp/spectroscopy_examples.html
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Project Progress
I think we are doing a great job on our clay-mation, but its taking WAY LONGER then i expected, i think thats gonna have to be the biggest part of our project. I think in the taping part, we should do a quick scene that ties in the puberty aspect. But besides the time issue i think the clay part is gonna look AWSOME and its gonna be a really good project:)
Whats What in the World of Growing Up! (Star Style)
Ok so this is a post about our project progress and ways to improve! So far we are done with the claymation of the low mass star ,but have just started to start the high mass star claymation. I hope that by tommorow we can finsih the claymation part and maybe start to create the video. We might also want to think about questions segment to the puberty of a star video so we can sum up all the loose ends.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Star Video
I found a pretty good link on how stars formed here it is :
Its alot like the video that we are working on so mabey we could use parts of it when we do the voice over. Some of the facts would be good to mention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gEaDqoH58
Its alot like the video that we are working on so mabey we could use parts of it when we do the voice over. Some of the facts would be good to mention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gEaDqoH58
The Galaxy Song ( Monty Python)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2JU4gX6rg8&feature=related
Wow... this is one very interesting song. It's actually very comical how Monty Python can make a video so in a sense unique ,but have it factuall. At the start of this song I thought it was going to be some wierd song with almost nothing to do with our galaxy the Milky Way ,but it sure proved me wrong. It helped me learn so much about our galaxy yet present it in a quirky way. I hope others get as much out of this song as I did!
Wow... this is one very interesting song. It's actually very comical how Monty Python can make a video so in a sense unique ,but have it factuall. At the start of this song I thought it was going to be some wierd song with almost nothing to do with our galaxy the Milky Way ,but it sure proved me wrong. It helped me learn so much about our galaxy yet present it in a quirky way. I hope others get as much out of this song as I did!
Animation Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzRUYSiCnc
I thought this video was REALLY cool! it was a really different, and interesting way to show the life cycle of a star. It also did a good job showing the important part that gravity plays in the formation of a star. I also liked how it told us alot about our sun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzRUYSiCnc
I thought this video was REALLY cool! it was a really different, and interesting way to show the life cycle of a star. It also did a good job showing the important part that gravity plays in the formation of a star. I also liked how it told us alot about our sun.
The Universe in Perspective
This video is taken with the game Spore, but I feel it really puts the Universe into perspective! You can see what one planet is like in a solar system, see how many solar systems are in one area, and then see how tiny that area is in comparison to the whole galaxy! And to think there are millions of galaxies out there, all with billions of stars and billions of planets, all unexplored!
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