Daily Post 03/28/09

• My next action entering into the day is to find a stage for where the planets for my model will be standing and to put it all together and be finished with my project!
• Today, I put everything that I had together and finished my project and now it is ready for exhibition night.
• This answers my research question because at first, I didn't really know how the model of the universe change during the Scientific Revolution. Now, I know how many scientists, not just one, contributed in the scientific learning of our present day solar system.

Daily Post 03/27/09

• My next action into the day is to work on my project later on when I get home.
• Today, I made the planets that are going to go on my model.
• My next action is to develop sort of like a "stage" for my model for where the planets will go.

Daily Post 03/25/09

• My next action entering into the day is to turn in my Plan for my model and know how my project will look like for Exhibition Night.
• Today, I planned out what my model will look like and what I will put on my information cards for my project for Exhibition Night.
• This helps answer my research question because now I almost fully comprehend and understand how the model of the solar system was developed during the Scientific Revolution.
• My next action is to finish my project, since I've already started and make it look good for Tuesday!

Daily Post 03/23/09

• My next action entering into the day is to wrap up all research for my model of the solar system, and review some of the index cards that I have to refresh my knowledge of the Scientific Revolution.
• Today, I reviewed some of my index cards and I finished all of my research on my topic.
• What I did today helps answer my research question because at first, I didn't really know that much about the Scientific Revolution but now, it is almost Exhibition Night and I know so much more!
• My next action is to know how my project is going to look and get it done in time for Exhibition Night, and to turn in my plan outline for my model with my sources.

Status Report Assignment

1. So far in my project, I have accomplished all the researh, the background information, and getting all the materials for my actual model.
2. What I still have left to do is put my model together and make it neat for Show Night!
3. What has been harder than I thought it would be was finding thirty sources for my project! I thought it was going to be easy finding them all online, but it was definitely harder than I thought.
4. What has been easier than I thought it would be was learning about the Scientifc Revolution because I actually had fun learning about it, and it was very interesting.
5. I don't think I would change anything about my project if I could start over..
6. What I needed to get accomplished before Spring Break is to get all thirty index cards done and atleast ten daily progress posts so I can be right on track and on schedule.

Source 30

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/121/lecture-2/planet.html

• The motions of the planets are roughly confined to the ecliptic. This implies that the orbits of the planets are roughly co-planar with the orbit of the Earth about the Sun.
• Not as obvious is the fact that all planets orbit the Sun in the same sense as does the Earth. This means that they usually move in the west-to-east direction on the Celestial Sphere (CCW as viewed from the NCP). However, an exception to this motion is the retrograde motion sometimes exhibited by the planets.
• The planets' orbits are all roughly circular in shape.

Source 29

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html
how the laws apply to the motion of the planets and how the eccentricity gradually increases.

Source 28

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/solarsys/revolution.html
a picture of the rotation and revolution of the planets

Daily Post 03/11/09

• My next action entering into the day is to maybe find a few more sources to help me get started on my project and to help shape my model of the solar system.
• Today, I found two more sources that help me understand why the revolution and motion of planets are elliptical and are increased in eccentricity rather than round, like a circle.
• This helps answer my question because now I know how to shape my model of the solar system, elliptically!
• My next action is to get an idea of what I want my project to look like, and start working on it over Spring Break!

Source 27

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm
information on the sun in the middle of our solar system and the 9 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

Source 26

http://www.decorplace.com/d5-images_murals/largeimages/solar-system-mural.jpg
picture of our modern day solar system

Daily Post 03/09/09

• My next action entering into the day is to find more useful sources until I have at least 30 index cards and to wrap up my online research on the scientific revolution so I can start on my model of the solar system.
• Today I found a couple of really good sources and pictures of the solar system for my model.
• This helps answer my research question because now I know how the solar system has changed over time.
• My next action is to maybe find a few more sources to help me get started on my project and to help shape my model of the solar system.

Source 25

http://www.chm.davidson.edu/chemistryapplets/gaslaws/BoylesLaw.html
site of Boyle's experiments and analysis

Source 24

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/aboyle.html
explanation of what Boyle's law is, and animation to show what it does

Source 23

http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/forerunners/boyle.html
exlanation of whaat Boyle did as a child and how he came up with Boyle's law.

Source 22

http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Boyle.html
"Father of modern chemistry" Robert Boyle and his history and how he published his work varying across topics of science, philosophy, and theology.

Source 21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle
Robert Boyle was an English theologian, natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and early gentleman scientist, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. Best known for coming up with Boyle's law.

Daily Post 03/05/09

• My next action entering into the day is to find more information about other stuff that revolutionized during the Scientific Revolution and to find atleast about 6 more index cards!
• Today I found a lot of index cards, and learned a lot about Robert Boyle, who came up with the gas law called Boyle's law.
• What I did today helps answer my research question because now I know who is known as the "Father of modern chemistry" and how this changed how we look at pressure, masses, and gases.
• My next action is to find the rest of my index cards until I have 30 sources and wrap up my research on the Scientific Revolution!

Source 20

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/exhibitions/Bodyimages/Vesalius9.jpg
picture of the human anatomy by Andreas Vesalius

Source 19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist, physician, and an author of his book based on the human anatomy. He is often reffered to as the founder of modern human anatomy.

Daily Post 03/03/09

• My next action entering into the day is to learn a little more about Newton and other scientists that made an impact in the Scientific Revolution.
• Today I found two sources that talked a little about Newton and the anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius and how he developed the modern human anatomy.
• This helps answer my research question because now I know that the scientific revolution didn't only include progresses on the model of our solar system but also human anatomy.
• My next action is to learn about other subjects that changed because of the scientific revolution and to find 6 more index cards/sources.

Source 18

http://www.newton.ac.uk/newtlife.html
the beginning of Newton's life, where/when he was born, where he studied, and what he studied about mathematics, chemistry, alchemy, calculus, mechanics, gravitation, and his religion.

Source 17

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newton3laws.html
1ST LAW: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
2ND LAW: The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in slant bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
3RD LAW: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Source 16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_law_of_universal_gravitation
newton's law of gravitation is an empirilical physical law describing the gravitational attraction between bodies with mass.

Source 15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian and one of the most influential men in human history.