Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Seasons



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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Gizmo

The factors that cause the seasons are how sunlight hits the Earth and the Earth's tilted Axis. If your closer to the Earths equator, it's most likely that it's warmer. Because the sunlight hits Earth's surface most directly near the equator. Then, if the Earth wasn't tilted on an Axis, it would be most likely that the tempeture would stay the same all year round. The main reason why we do have seasons, is actually because of the 23.5 degree angle that the Earth rotates on. When the Earth rotates around the sun, the north end of its axis is tilted away from the sun and toward the sun for part of the year. Thats how winter and summer are caused, and if you thaught that it was something to do with the Earth being farther or closer to the Earth well your wrong.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Zoom

The book Zoom was really interesting. It had many perspective, which confused a lot of people. The perspectives I saw were from different angles and pictures. The images got much larger as the book went on. First it started from the top of the roosters head. Then went from images to another, till it all became a black space with a dot in the middle which was the Earth.

Sometimes, when you see something  real close up your not sure what it is. Well thats what the book zoom is all about. This book started with little imagines of an imagine. Then it zoomed out to a bigger picture. Until the page was just an empty space of  black, and filled with different stars. What helped me alter the perspective were each details, and especially the little ones.

In the field of science, the people who might be interested in this book are the ones who love to  think outside the box. Especially people who like to challenge themselves. It is also very important to be aware of perspective, because sometimes we don't have the whole picture.