Class+of+2008-2009

=Mrs. Godsey's Second Grade class of 2008-2009 . = ==Room 22 had a great time working on their Solar System Projects and they turned out great! I was very pleased with the results and we learned a lot about our solar system. We met many Ohio GLI's (listed below) in reading, writing and science. We read books, watched videos and searched the internet for information. ==


==The students had fun and learned so much. They showed their creativity and we had great parental support. The students were free to choose which way they wanted to demonstrate what they learned. Many students drew or printed pictures off the internet, while others were very creative in their projects. ==


==Because the information was provided in a variety of ways and the students were able to choose which format they wanted to demonstrate their knowledge, this lesson follows the principles of the UDL design. Not only was this project informative in Earth science, it was also fun and covered language art learning goals. This project is a perfect example of integrating the curriculum across the board .==



Here are our projects:


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The Sun By: Chloe
The sun is by far the largest object in the Solar System. It I s often said that the sun is an ordinary star. It is true in the sense that there are many others similar to it. The sun is extremely hot! The middle of the sun is at least 10 million degrees. The surface of the sun (what we see) is only 5800 degrees. This is cool for the sun, but it is actually about 16 times hotter then boiling water. The sun is the primary source of external heat for all nine planets although in the case of some planets it doesn’t provide a lot of heat. The sun is also the largest single factor affecting the orbits of the nine planets. Sunspots can be very large, as much as 50,000 KM in diameter. Sunspots are caused by complicated and not very well understood interactions with the suns magnetic field. The sun is HUGE! Even though it looks small in the sky it is actually bigger then you might imagine. It only looks small because it is 93 million miles away. The Earth is very tine compared to the sun. The first person to say the sun was the center of the universe was Nicolas Copernicus. 

Stars By: J.D
Where are stars located? In the sky What is a star? A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma. Can we see them from Earth? Yes! When it is dark out. What do they look like? They have points. They are very bright. What are stars made of? Stars are big balls of gas. How do they affect our night sky? They light up the sky. Who first named the stars? The Greek, Latin and Arabic.

Venus By: Janihya
What is the name of your planet? Venus How big is your planet? Its size and mass are very similar to Earth. Does it have any moons? If so how many? No, it does not have any moons. Where is it in relation to the sun? It is the second planet closest to the sun. What is the atmosphere like? It is extremely dense. It consists mostly of carbon dioxide and a small amount of nitrogen. Does it have life? No it does not. What are its unique features? Venus appears milky white in reflection so it is the brightest object in the sky. So it is referred to a morning star before sunrise and evening star near sunset. When and who discovered your planet? It was discovered in early 17th century by Galileo.

The Asteroid Belt By: Morayo
What is the asteroid belt? A collection of asteroids. What doe sit consist of? Rocky fragments. Where is it located in our Solar system? It is located between Mars and Jupiter. What does it separate? It separates the inner planets from the outer planets. When was it discovered? January 1, 1801. Who discovered it? Giuseppe Piazz. When an asteroid hits the Earth it creates a crater. The Dwarf Planets By: Caitlyn

Dwarf Planets By: Caitlyn G.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union decided what a planet was and what wasn’t. Pluto use to be a planet but now it is a dwarf planet. Ceres use to be an asteroid, but now it is a dwarf planet too. The other dwarf planets are Eris, Haumea and Makemake. Eris is bigger than Pluto. Vesta, Pallas and Charon might be dwarf planets soon. Planets are special. They are bigger and they have cores, but dwarf planets are like planets in many ways. They both orbit around the sun. They are mostly round. They can’t be moons of other planets. Planets and dwarf planets both have gravity. Dwarf planets are different because their gravity hasn’t pulled in all the rocks and dust near them yet. They are smaller and maybe younger planets. Dwarf planets are located in the Kupiter Belt and in the Asteroid Belt. Pluto is located in Kupiter Belt with Eirs, Haumea and Makemake. Ceres is in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dwarf Planets are special too. Ceres is close to Earth and may even have water on it. Maybe we will go there someday!

Jupiter By: Austin
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and was named after the king of the Roman gods. Galileo discovered Jupiter and three of its moons on January 7, 1610. Jupiter has a total of 16 moons. Jupiter is 88, 736 miles across, and if Jupiter were hollow it would hold more than one thousand Earth’s inside it. Jupiter is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium, with small amounts of methane, ammonia, water vapor and other compounds. Jupiter’s atmosphere is made up of gases and clouds that reflect the colors orange, white, red and yellow. So far there has not been any life fond on Jupiter.

Earth By: Kaitlyn
Earth Facts: The Earth is eight thousand miles wide. The sun is eight hundred thousand miles wide. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is 93 miles. Earth has one moon. The Earth is mad out of many things. Deep inside the Earth, near its center, lays Earth’s core which is mostly made up of nickel and iron. Above the core is the Earth’s mantle, which is made up of rock containing silicon, iron, magnesium, aluminum, oxygen and other minerals. The rocky surface layer of Earth, called the crust, is made up of mostly oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium. Earth’s surface is mainly covered with liquid water, and its atmosphere is mainly nitrogen and oxygen, with smaller amounts of carbon dioxide, water vapor and other gases.
 * 1) Size: large enough to hold an atmosphere through gravity.
 * 2) Position: just the right distance from the sun to allow an atmosphere to exist, and for water to be present in the liquid state.
 * 3) Composition: iron-nickel core and silica rich mantle surrounded by a thin crust-just the right combination to have an active, but not overactive volcanic system, and for sea floor spreading to occur.
 * 4) Aspect: the tilt of 23 degrees is just the right amount for four seasons to occur.
 * 5) Timing: conditions for life to develop occurred at just the right period.

Mars By: Jamie
Mars has two tine moons. There name are Phobos and Deimos. There is a face on Mars. The month of March gets its name from mars. Mars colors are read, orange, and yellow. But, it is called the red planet. It takes mars 24 hours and 37 minutes to rotate around. Mars is smaller then Earth. There is no water on Mars, but frozen water. The largest volcano on Mars is called Oplympus Mons. They look like shields. Mars’ name comes from a Roman god of war. People can not lie on Mars because of the air. There is no food on Mars too and no animals.

Comets By:Daniel
Comets By: Daniel There are millions of small to large comet objects that pass through the Solar System. As of 1995, 878 comets have been catalogued. Comets are composed of ice and dust particles. When pass the sun, the ice melts and it creates a tail. They are only visible when near the sun. They are often described as “dirty snowballs” or “icy mud balls”. Comets orbit the sun. Some comets are so small you probably wouldn’t see them.

The Oort Cloud By: James M.
The Oort Cloud is thought to be a cloud made up of billions of comets. These comets contain ices, like water, ammonia and other gases. It surrounds our solar system and is about a light year from the sun. Although, there have never been any read direct observations, astronomers believe that the Oort Cloud is 2 clouds, on ball shaped and the inside looking like a disc or doughnut. It was first discovered in 1932 by Ernst Opik and then seen again in 1950 by Jan Hendrick Oort, which is where it gets its name.

Halley’s Comet By: Siera
Halley’s Comet or comet Halley is a periodic comet named for Edmond Halley, who saw it in 1682. Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner solar system in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061. The comet is thought to be about 5 miles by 9 miles. The comet is composed of rock and dust held together by ice.

Saturn By: Abdelhadi Saturn By: Abdelhadi Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. Saturn is about 888 million miles away from the sun. Saturn is known by the flat rings that are composed of water and ice and may included rocks with icy coating. Saturn’s diameter is 9.4 times of the Earth. It is the second largest planet. Each day on Saturn takes 10.2 Earth hours. A year on Saturn takes 29.46 Earth years. The winds on Saturn blow at 900 miles an hour.

Kuiper Belt By: Dillen Kuiper Belt By: Dillen The Kuiper Belt objects are icy bodies in the outer solar system. The Kuiper Belt is made of millions of ice and rocky objects that orbit our sun. It was in 1992 that the first direct evidence for its existence was found.



Asteroids By: Devin Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid on the first day in January 1801. Piazzi named it Ceres. The name asteroid was coined by Sir William Herschel because he said the looked like stars. Asteroids are rocky fragments left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. About three-fourths of the asteroids are mostly dark and are carbon-rich or C-type. Another one-sixth of the asteroids are reddish, stony-iron bodies or S-types. Asteroids are located between Mars and Jupiter, in what is called the main belt. Asteroids interact with the other bodies of the solar system by crashing in to them and leaving creators. They also can get caught in the gravity field of other planets and become moons.