• Home
    • About
  • Contact
  • Virtual
  • Curricula
    • Science
    • History
  Patriots Point Education Department

Motion: Part 2

1/24/2017

 
​Last week we talked about the 3 main factors that affect the motion of an object. Can you remember what they are? They are position, direction, and speed. I do not know about you, but when it comes to directions I have a hard time finding my way around. Luckily for me we now have things like GPS to help me find my way. However, did you know that was not always the case? Before we had GPS people would use the stars, sun, moon, and something called a compass to help them navigate. A compass is an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north.    
Picture

Motion: Part 1

1/19/2017

 
​Did you know that there are three main factors that affect the motion of an object? They are position, direction, and speed. I’m sure you have all seen the speed limits that are along the side of the roads. Those signs are in miles per hour. However, you may not know that there is a different measurement used throughout our waterways. The difference is that they use the term nautical mile. The term nautical mile comes from long ago when sailors would let a rope with knots tided in it drag behind the boat for a set period of time. When that time was up they would simply count the knots to see how fast they were going. Today, a nautical mile represents a distance slightly longer than a mile.   
Picture

Dinosaur Valley 

1/4/2017

 
​There are many types of landforms that make up our worlds ecosystems. A type of landform that we have all heard of is a valley. Valleys can be defined as an area of lowland between ranges of hills or mountains. A recent discovery in a valley in China has given scientists a new idea on how dinosaurs might have looked. They found a dinosaur tail encased in amber that was covered in feathers. Scientists are now beginning to think that many of our dinosaur friends were covered with feathers! 
Picture

    Archives

    February 2021
    June 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014

Literacy and Distance Learning Initiative
with the Oscar and Harry Readers
​2021
Photos used under Creative Commons from inkknife_2000 (5.5 million views), Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, AGeekMom, Northfielder, Wild Guru Larry, Robert Hoge, manhhai, matsuyuki
  • Home
    • About
  • Contact
  • Virtual
  • Curricula
    • Science
    • History