Post by Adri Meadows on Feb 8, 2008 9:44:45 GMT 5
Professor Adri Meadows stepped onto the Astronomy Tower's balcony carrying her school bag and wearing shiny purple robes. She looked up into the dark night sky dreamily, reminded once more that she loved her job. As she set down her bag, she thought through the lesson plan. This one was one of her favorites to teach, and she knew that the students would enjoy it.
From her bag, she withdrew a large pot and some tin cups. For this lesson, she was going to allow the students a special treat. She leaned against the ledge and waited for her students to arrive.
Once the students trailed in, some looking sleepy, she hopped up and stood infront of them. "Hello students! Welcome to lesson three of astronomy; I think you'll like this one," he blue eyes twinkled. "Tonight, there is a meteor shower...which, after calculating, I have found will begin in ten minutes. During the time in which we wait, I will give you a brief, but detailed lesson on meteor showers and their relationship to shooting stars. Please, take notes on my speech and your observations of the shower."
She gestured over to the pot. "And, tonight I have made all of you warm apple cider to enjoy as well." She drew out her wand and gave each student a cup and a clipboard.
"A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet as it orbits the Sun. It can be called a mass of shooting stars; however, shooting star is not the correct term. This is because a shooting star is not a star at all; it is an amazing streak of light in the night sky caused by tiny bits of dust and rock called meteoroids falling into the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. The short-lived trail of light the burning meteoroid produces is called a meteor." She finished her speech with a smile, having made sure that she talked slow enough for everyone to keep up. "Before we begin watching, are there any questions?" she asked.
From her bag, she withdrew a large pot and some tin cups. For this lesson, she was going to allow the students a special treat. She leaned against the ledge and waited for her students to arrive.
Once the students trailed in, some looking sleepy, she hopped up and stood infront of them. "Hello students! Welcome to lesson three of astronomy; I think you'll like this one," he blue eyes twinkled. "Tonight, there is a meteor shower...which, after calculating, I have found will begin in ten minutes. During the time in which we wait, I will give you a brief, but detailed lesson on meteor showers and their relationship to shooting stars. Please, take notes on my speech and your observations of the shower."
She gestured over to the pot. "And, tonight I have made all of you warm apple cider to enjoy as well." She drew out her wand and gave each student a cup and a clipboard.
"A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet as it orbits the Sun. It can be called a mass of shooting stars; however, shooting star is not the correct term. This is because a shooting star is not a star at all; it is an amazing streak of light in the night sky caused by tiny bits of dust and rock called meteoroids falling into the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. The short-lived trail of light the burning meteoroid produces is called a meteor." She finished her speech with a smile, having made sure that she talked slow enough for everyone to keep up. "Before we begin watching, are there any questions?" she asked.