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What is a good astronomy website for kids? One that focuses on the UK. Also if anybody could reconmend some good astronomy books for age range 7-12. Much appreciated. Thank you

I want to start an Astronomy club for kids. I want to take donations of unused video games to fund it. Ideas? The premise would be unerprivelged kids wouldn't have to pay but, donate any type or amount of old games to be auctioned. I would also need to except donations from outside sources. I had an idea of using (Video Games for Stars ) to buy Telescopes, books, other learning materials and fund trips. My question is, Do you think this can work? Would anyone be interested in donating to something like this? What about legal issues? I figure if I except COD shipments, I would be helping people clean out some old junk to help our future Scientist get started. Thanks alot for any ideas

How to Introduce Astronomy and Science to Kids? Please suggest simple Fun Projects.? Now that I am retired as an engineer, ( I am living in New Delhi India, and the kids I am talking to are, upto the age of 16, and interested in science, astronomy maths-etc.)and have plenty of time for kids in the neighbourhood, I am talking to them about science, astronomy and other topics of interest to them. These suggestions or answers will help me.

I need to find an astronomy website for kids with activities? I'd like for someone to help me find a website that offers activities for kids from elementary or secondary grade with any topic such as solar system,moon,sun and or star galaxies. I have found a good one which is www.kidsastronomy.com but I need another one ASAP. I'm giving 10 points for a useful website and best answer!!

Is astronomy a good subject for kids to like? I'm in 7th grade and I love astronomy. I got a telescope for Christmas and love using it. I read all the books i can about astronomy. I don't learn about it in school. I teach it to myself. Is it a good thing to be interested in? Can i get a good job with it when I'm older? I'm not an Asian work ant. Hahaha.

Identify my really bright star? There's a star I've been seeing consistently that I'm curious about. The only position I'm sure of is that it's roughly halfway up in the southeastern sky on winter mornings, just before sunrise. I live in Florida, about 5 degrees north of the Tropic of Cancer. The star is *clearly* one of the the brightest objects in the sky. At first I thought it was Venus, but it stayed in the described location for the duration of several winters in a row (a few years ago). Not totally sure that it's there now, I don't get up so early anymore, but I still sometimes see what I think is the same star. You astronomy kids know of anything that fits the description? I should have mentioned (as some of you did) that it had a very bluish white color, not reddish like I'd expect with jupiter or a red star.

what is the significance of astronomy? i used to be very interested in astronomy when i was a kid. i used to beg my mom for a telescope, and when i got one, i didnt know how to use it and i eventually gave up. i dont have the telescope anymore. im grown up now, and i wish i could know what drove me into so much interest back then.

any good books for kids who are interested in the night sky? or astronomy in general?

Does anyone have good science fair ideas that involve astronomy? Something that is appropriate for 11-13 year old kids. Please nothing that requires a specific weather to do it in. IT MUST BE AN EXPERIMENT!

what shall i put neutralization under? what shall i put neutralization under? Animals/Wildlife Anthropology Biology Botany Computer Science Ecology Environmental Issues Geography Geology Insects/Spiders Inventors Math for Kids Mathematics Physics Science/Nature for Kids Space & Astronomy for Kids Trees Weather thnkx

how come that kid and his astronomy boredom got 133 answers?..I'm bored too y'know.? Poll: skinny or straight cut for boys?

What was the persons name that made the BMI scale also I read the BMI scale was made up for astronomy? Its insane the doctors are telling us our VERY VERY thin kids are normal weight and if they gain a little they would be over weight

Where do I find the copyright date on websites? I need to do a bibliography and include the copyright dates for the websites I used since i did my project on the solar system i used pictures from the internet and can't find the copyright date on them. HELP ME!!!!!!!! These are the websites I used: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/sun.php http://www.astronomy-for-kids-online.com/images/Pluto.jpg http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/neptune_voy2.jpg http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/101/images/uranus.jpg http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/space/planets/saturn81.jpg http://www.star-fox.com/image/jupiter2.jpg http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/mars.jpg http://www.spacetoday.org/images/SolSys/Earth/EarthBlueMarbleWestTerra.jpg www.tivas.org.uk/solsys/tas_solsys_venus.html http://sos.noaa.gov/images/Solar_System/mercury.jpg

can you have a masters degree in physics and astronomy(double major) and have a good paying job in astronomy? i dream of becoming an astronomer, but, i want to raise kids, and don't want them during college. if i get a P.H.D i wont get out for a while, and that will scratch my idea of a family. so i want a masters, but im not sure if you can get a good job. give me all the details!!

Why aren't more of us Christians into astronomy? I'm not kidding!? Seriously -- if we believe what we say we believe, that God created the universe and all that is in it, why aren't more of us interested in looking at the fantastic universe He created? For me, every session at the telescope is a chance to be awed at the marvels and the beauty of creation. The first time I saw Saturn (with Titan thrown in) through the large telescope at our university observatory was a religious experience... "God did that!" (and, no my prof didn't flunk me... I made an A in that course, I'll have you know). Let me offer you a joyous challenge... most good-sized cities have a public-accessible observatory with open-house nights. Believe in God? Believe in creation? Go to one -- and feast your eyes on the handiwork of the Lord. Why don't more of us do this? It's an awe-inspiring experience. The times we have taken our telescope to Bible study group and let the kids see the planets, they're just delighted...and their moms and dads are too. My question is--for the fellow who couldn't seem to understand English--why don't more Christians take up observing, since we believe God is the Author of the universe? That's all. Read the question again, OK? I didn't say a word about "Christian telescopes". We just have a vintage 8" Dobsonian-type reflector and a 3" refractor. Nothing special.

How do I find a star party near me? I would like to go to a star party. How do I find one near me? Is there a website that tells of up coming star parties? Also, I heard they will sometimes let you borrow a scope for a little while? Is this true? And one more thing, I would like to get my son interested in astronomy, can I bring a kid to a star party? Would it be okay?

Should we teach all the viewpoints in school, and let the kids decide? Should we teach all the viewpoints in school, and let the kids decide? For example - Chemistry - Alchemy Astronomy - Astrology Physics - Magic Neurology - Phrenology Evolution - Intelligent Design

Field trips in ASTRONOMY? I'm a high school special Ed teacher in Massachusetts, and we are currently studying astronomy- mainly the planets. I would love to take my kids on a local field trip but can't find anything! NOT the science museum- they've been a million times. Maybe something that they could view space through a large telescope or something? ANy suggestions? Thanks for your help!

for the answer-ers in the astronomy & space sections, is it all adults answering? any teenagers or kids? im just wondering..... im teenager btw

do u know a name of kids movie with these details? they was fighting over a yard to play in baseball in- boys against the girls. one of the boys loved rockets... and the father of the main girl loves astronomy and rockets to. one day the group played baseball and the ball fell on the other side of the wall that was hiding a dog (monster dog that was scary and everyone was afraid of him -took it).. also the fathers rocket fell to there (long story) and all the kids together tried to get the rocket back... this is all i remember... thanks for the helpers :)

i am looking for a good science/astronomy magazine for my niece she is 6.? or maybe a recommendation on some books for kids that could possibly brainwash her into becoming an astronomer. Thanks.

Was it true at one point that there were once 365.256 days in a year or 365.26 days in a year? When I was a kid, my Astronomy book said "The Earth takes 365.256 days to revolve around the sun completely" in these exact words. But that was after the fact that Pope Gregory XIII reformed the Gregorian calendar by switching to that from the Julian calendar which was formed by Julias Ceaser when the year was actually 365.25 days long. But I found out that in approximately 100000 BC, the year was slightly longer than 365.25 days so adding leap years every 4 years wouldn't have been enough but it was still believable that 100 years would be 36525 days. Saying that the Earth takes 365.256 days to orbit the sun completely is the same as saying the Earth takes 365 days 6 hours 8 minutes and 38.4 or 38-2/5 seconds to orbit the sun completely. The Earth actually takes 365.2422 days to orbit the sun currently, or 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 46.08 seconds. It's a total difference of 19 minutes and 52.32 or 52-8/25 seconds a year which means for there to be 365.256 days a year, 19 more minutes and 52.32 more seconds have to elapse in the day each year. I discovered that this would make them 1 day wrong after 72.46376811594202898550724637681159 years or 72 years 169 days 9 hours 18 minutes and 16.15304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, or 7 decades 2 years 169 days 9 hours 18 minutes and 16.15304347826086956521739130434783 seconds but if it were true it'd actually make that 72 years 169 days 9 hours 27 minutes and 29.11304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, or 7 decades 2 years 169 days 9 hours 27 minutes and 29.11304347826086956521739130434783 seconds. I discovered that in order for us to actually have 365.256 days per year to make that statement from the Kid's Astronomy Book true, you'd have to sacrifice 0.0022669032130889020303567908535383 seconds from the current minute, not the minute that's on your computer clock, making each minute last for what is currently 59.99773309678691109796964320914646 seconds, which means you'd have to sacrifice 1 second every 441.13043478260869565217391304347826 minutes or every 441 minutes and 7.82608695652173913043478260869565 seconds or every 26467.82608694542173913043478260869565 seconds or 7.3521739130434782608695652173913 hours, 7 hours 21 minutes and 7.82608694542173913043478260859565 seconds or every 0.30634057971014492753623188405797 days, or every 0.043762939958592132505175983436853 weeks, or every 0.021881469979296066252587991718427 fortnights, or every 0.00083873270862497522886520748166004 years, or every 0.000083873270862497522886520748166004 decades, or every 0.00000083873270862497522886520748166004 centuries, or every 0.000000083873270862497522886520748166004 millenniums, or every 0.000000000083873270862497522886520748166004 epochs or megaanums, or every 0.01006479250349970274638248977992 months, which then becomes 441 minutes and 8.82608695652173913043478260859565 seconds or 441.14710144927536231884057971014493 minutes, or 26468.82608695652173913043478269859565 seconds, or 0.30635215378421900161030595813205 days, or 7.35245169082125603864734299516908 hours, 7 hours 21 minutes and 8.82608695652173913043478260859565 seconds, or 0.0000837732707427719193142086513145204 years, or 0.00000837732707427719193142086513145204 decades, or 0.000000837732707427719193142086513145204 centuries, 0.0000000837732707427719193142086513145204 millenniums, or 0.000000000083773270742771919314208651314204 epochs or megaannums again, or 0.043764593397745571658615136876006 weeks, or 0.021882296698872785829307568438003 fortnights, which means that you'd have to sacrifice 3.2643406268480189237137782909521 seconds a day, making the day of our current 86396.73565937315198107628622117090479 seconds, or our current 23 hours 59 minutes and 56.73565937315198107628622117090479 seconds, or our current 1439.94559432288586635127143701951508 minutes, or 1439 minutes and 56.73565937315198107628622117090479 seconds, or our current 23.99909323871476443918785728365858 hours, which then makes all that again our new current 24 hour period, 1440 minute period, or our new current 86400 second period, but instead of a day being 1/365.2422 years, it is instead 1/365.256 years, so that you can see the difference that both our solar and sidereal day was much shorter. The Earth would also have to rotate in our current, instead of taking 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.090538993048862201024349460548238 seconds, but in our current 23 hour 56 minute and 0.84399982525883535013760866716177 second time, which then becomes our new current time of 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.099427722685771700668384954785724 seconds, because if it stayed as the previous above, the year would be less than 365 days. It would be instead 364 days 14 hours 45 minutes and 35.50986782402840797001380942986782 seconds or 365 sidereal days 14 sidereal hours 45 sidereal minutes and 35.509867824028402840797001380942986782 sidereal seconds. We would have to have a leap year roughly every 2 years but it woul d be common to have 2 leap years in a row because it is more than 364-1/2 days. Leap years of the common years of 365 days that is. No years of 366 unless the calendar specifies different rules. 23.93442622950819672131147540983607 hours or 23 hours 56 minutes and 3.93442622950819672131147540983607 seconds is the magic number to have at least or exactly 365 days a year or 366 sidereal days a year, which means the Earth would have to rotate in exactly what is now 23.95030819672131147540983606557377 hours, or 23 hours 57 minutes and 1.10950819672131147540983606557377 seconds, which if it actually did in our new current period of that, the year would be 366 days 1 hour 56 minutes and 12.63581947743467933491686460807601 seconds, almost 366-1/12 days, which means we'd have more days in the year, but we'd have to have a leap year every 12 to 13 years, less frequently than what we have now, or 367 sidereal days 1 sidereal hour 56 sidereal minutes and 12.63581947743467933491686460807601 siderea l seconds, almost 367-1/12 sidereal days. Now back to sacrificing, the week would have to last for our current 167.99365267100335107431500098561009 hours, or our current 167 hours 59 minutes and 37.14961561206386753400354819633353 seconds, or our current 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes and 37.14961561206386753400354819633353 seconds, which then again becomes a total of 168 hours again in our new time period. Then the fortnight would have to last for our current of what is now 335.98730534200670214863000197122019 hours, or 335 hours 59 minutes and 14.29923122412773506800709639266706 seconds, or our current total of 13 days 23 hours 59 minutes and 14.29923122412773506800709639266706 seconds, which then becomes our new total of 14 days or 336 hours, a fortnight. We'd have to sacrifice a minute every 26467.82608695652173913043478260869565 minutes, which then becomes 26468.82608695652173913043478260869565 minutes, or from the original period of minutes of 26467 minutes, every 441 hours 7 m inutes and 49.56521739130434782608695652173913 seconds, which then becomes 441 hours 8 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608695652173913 seconds, or our current period of 18 days 9 hours 7 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608695652173913 seconds, which would then become our new period of 18 days 9 hours 8 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608695652173913 seconds, or every 2.62577639751552795031055900621118 weeks, 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 8 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608694542173913 seconds, or 1 fortnight 4 days 9 hours 8 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608694542173913 seconds, which would then become 2.62587560386473429951690821256039 weeks, 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 9 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608694542173913 seconds, or 1 fortnight 4 days 9 hours 9 minutes and 49.56521739130434782608694542173913 seconds, or 0.050323962517498513731912448899602 years, or 0.0050323962517498513731912448899602 decades, or 0.0005032396251749851373191244889902 centuries, or 0.00005032396251749851373191244 889902 epochs or megaannums, which means you'd have to sacrifice an hour after every 1558069.56521739130434782608695652173913 minutes making that now 1558129.56521739130434782608695652173913 minutes, or every 26467.82608695652173913043478269859565 hours, which then makes that 26468.82608695652173913043478269859565 hours, or every 1102.82608695652173913043478260869565 days, 1102 days 19 hours 49 minutes and 33.91304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, which then makes that 1102.86775362318840579710144927536232 days, 1102 days 20 hours 49 minutes and 33.91304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, or every 3.019437751049910823914746933976128 years, or every 3 years 7 days 2 hours 23 minutes and 15.67304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, which then makes that a new period of 3.019437746739789095311511513227332 years, or 3 years 7 days 2 hours 23 minutes and 38.71304347826086956521739130434783 seconds, years part might not be accurate. Might wanna check that out for all of them. I think the calculator rounds a lot but at least it's more seconds on the bright side. I already explained that you'd have to sacrifice a day about every 72 years from the main current solar year from the source that said there were 365.256 days in a year so I'd have to skip that. From the Julian calendar it'd have to sacrifice a day period, by actually adding another day instead of sacrificing, every 166-2/3 years approximately, making it 60876 days rather than 60875 days, in which the actual period of 166 years and 8 months is 60873.7 days, or 60873-7/10 days, or 60873 days 16 hours and 48 minutes, which is exactly 2000 months. While the Julian calendar would normally be 1.3 days off after this period of time, the source that said "THAT" would be 2.3 days off, more off than the Julian calendar. One extra week from the source that said "The Earth takes 365.256 days to orbit the sun completely", if this were true, would elapse every 266795686.95652173913043478260869565217391 minutes, or every 4 446594.78260869565217391304347826086957 hours, or every 185274.78260869565217391304347826086957 days, which then becomes 185281.78260869565217391304347826086957 days, or every 185274 days 18 hours 46 minutes and 57.39130434782608695652173913043478 seconds, which then becomes 185281 days 18 hours 46 minutes and 57.39130434782608694542173913043478 seconds, or every 507.26554217638501841767748490798946 years, or 507 years 96 days 23 hours 41 minutes and 34.83130434782608695652173913043478 seconds, or 5 centuries 7 years 96 days 23 hours 41 minutes and 34.83130434782608695652173913043478 seconds, which then becomes 507 years 96 days 23 hours 46 minutes and 28.59130434782608695652173913043478 seconds, or 5 centuries 7 years 96 days 23 hours 46 minutes and 28.5913043478260869562173913043478 seconds. One extra fortnight would have to elapse after every one of our current 533591373.91304347826086956521739130434783 minutes, or every 8893189.56521739130434782608695652173913 hours, or every 37 0549.56521739130434782608695652173913 days, which then becomes 370563.56521739130434782608695652173913 days, or every 370549 days 13 hours 33 minutes and 54.78260869565217391304347826086957 seconds, or every 1014.53108435277003683535496981597893 years, 1014 years 193 days 23 hours 23 minutes and 9.66260869565217391304347826086957 seconds, or 1 millennium 14 years 193 days 23 hours 23 minutes and 9.66260869565217391304347826086957 seconds, which then becomes 1014 years 193 days 23 hours 32 minutes and 57.18260869565217391304347826086957 seconds, or 1 millennium 14 years 193 days 23 hours 32 minutes and 57.18260869565217391304347826086957 seconds. Aside from that when I was 15, I found a lot of sources on the internet that said that the year was 365.26 days long. But I have to know that the year was actually 365.26 days long before the length changed to 365.256 days before the length changed to 365.25 days before the length changed to 365.2425 days before the length changed to 365.242 25 days before the length changed to what it is now, 365.2422 days per year, due to the Earth slowing down in its rotation but not slowing down in its revolution around the sun. This time, the minute would have to be 59.99707605541258281771888517768165 seconds rather than 59.99773309678691109796964320914646 of what is now our current seconds, going against my original statement. Now then you'd have to sacrifice 0.0029239445874171822811148223183486 seconds a minute instead of 0.0022669032130889020303567908535383 seconds a minute, about a 0.00065704137432828025075803146434857 second difference you'd have to drop a minute, it might not be accurate because the calculator ran out of room so this either is a rounded up or down answer. Each day, we'd have to sacrifice 4.21048020588074248480534413842195 seconds from our current period of 86400 seconds, making the day last for our current 86395.78951979411925751519465586157805 seconds or 23 hours 59 minutes and 55.789519794119257515194655861 57805 seconds instead of 23 hours 59 minutes and 56.73565937315198107628622117090479 seconds. Saying there are 365.26 days in a year is the same thing as saying there are 365 days 6 hours 14 minutes and 24 seconds per year which makes an extra 25.632 minutes or 25 minutes and 37.92 seconds elapse a year. The week would have to be 6.99965887313146799540053660406286 days of our current time, or 167.99181295515523188961287849750862 hours or 167 hours 59 minutes and 30.52663855883480260636259103104638 seconds, which then all becomes 168 hours again in 29.47336144116519739363740896895362 seconds shorter of our current time. Then the fortnights would have to last our current 13.99931774626293599080107320812572 days, 13 days 23 hours 59 minutes and 1.053277117669605212725182062092756 seconds, 58.94672288233039478727481793790724 seconds shorter than the current length of the fortnight. We'd have to sacrifice a second approximately every 342 minutes or probably exactly every 342.003745318352059 9250936329588014981 minutes, 342 minutes and 0.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, which then amazingly becomes 342 minutes and 1.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds instead, or every 5 hours 42 minutes and 0.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds which becomes 5 hours 42 minutes and 1.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, a minute every 20520.22471910112359550561797752808989 minutes, making that 20521.22471910112359550561797752808989 minutes, or every 5 days 16 hours 48 minutes and 5.3932584269662921348314606741573 seconds, making that 5 days 16 hours 49 minutes and 5.3932584269662921348314606741573 seconds, and we'd have to sacrifice an hour every 855.0093632958801498127340823970037453 days or every 855 days 13 minutes and 28.98876404494382022471910112359551 seconds, making that 855 days 1 hour 13 minutes and 28.98876404494382022471910112359551 seconds, or every 2.34093804958977946637254425254531 years, 2 years 124 days 12 hours 35 minutes and 56.82876404494382022471 910112359551 seconds, making that 2 years 124 days 12 hours 44 minutes and 40.98876404494382022471910112359551 seconds. An extra day would elapse after 56.17977528089887640449438202247191 years or every 56 years 65 days 15 hours 52 minutes and 35.25033707865168539325842696629213 seconds or every 5 decades 6 years 65 days 15 hours 52 minutes and 35.25033707865168539325842696629213 seconds, which then becomes 56 years 65 days 15 hours 56 minutes and 9.6 seconds or 9-3/5 seconds and an extra week after 393.25842696629213483146067415730337 years, or 393 years 94 days 9 hours 19 minutes and 20.67235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, or 3 centuries 93 years 94 days 9 hours 19 minutes and 20.67235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, or 3 centuries 9 decades 3 years 94 days 9 hours 19 minutes and 20.67235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, which then becomes 393 years 94 days 9 hours 25 minutes and 58.11235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, or 3 centuries 93 years 94 days 9 hours 25 minut es and 58.11235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, or 3 centuries 9 decades 3 years 94 days 9 hours 25 minutes and 58.11235955056179775280898876404494 seconds, making the 143634.57303370786516853932584269662921 days instead 143641.57303370786516853932584269662921 days. An extra fortnight would elapse after every 786.51685393258426966292134831460674 years or every 786 years 188 days 18 hours 38 minutes and 41.34471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, or 7 centuries 86 years 188 days 18 hours 38 minutes and 41.34471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, or 7 centuries 8 decades 6 years 188 days 18 hours 38 minutes and 41.34471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, which would then become 786 years 188 days 18 hours 51 minutes and 56.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, or 7 centuries 86 years 188 days 18 hours 51 minutes and 56.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds, or 7 centuries 8 decades 6 years 188 days 18 hours 51 minutes and 56.22471910112359550561797752808989 seconds. I n order to validate this the Earth would've had to complete a rotation in 23.93330639436465898542019330530224 of our current hours, or within 23 hours 55 minutes and 59.90301971277234751269589908807951 seconds, making that instead our new 23.93447277890023480587560749194561 hour period instead, or 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.10200404084530115218697100420466 seconds, because if it actually stayed that exact length of the one above this one, the year would be less than 365 days. It would last for 364.61745245081985109495425864064103 days or 365.61745245081985109495425864064103 sidereal days, or 364 days 14 hours 49 minutes and 7.89175083513460404794655138534093 seconds, or 365 sidereal days 14 sidereal hours 49 sidereal minutes and 7.89175083513460404794655138534093 sidereal seconds. Both of these are false now but they were true at some point. Also, William P. Please wait until I'm done. You just received a low rating because the answer you gave me had nothing to pertain or contribute to the question. I'm asking if this were true before and what needs to happen in order to make this true. Leap seconds and there being 365.26 and then 365.256 days per year don't go together.

Astronomy, any astoronmy labs in GTA? Hi I was wondering if anybody new any planetriums or astronomical labs in the GTA? Anything to do with space? This is for take our kids to work day i was wondering if anyobody could help me out i really want to see how it is in the astornomical field

What's the best science/math book you've ever read? I'm not talking about textbooks, but science/math books of interest to the general reader with some knowledge of the subject (because of college level science/math education or because of pure interest in the subject) , it could also be biographies of scientists/mathematicians that touch on some of their theories, etc. Just started reading Sylvia Nasar's "A Beautiful Mind" about John Nash. Don't know if its good, will know soon. I just finished Antonio Damasio's "Looking for Spinoza" and thought it was very interesting, though I guess the theories might have already been discredited considering the book's been around for so many years... I remember reading all of Carl Sagan's books when I was a kid and thought I wanted to do astronomy in future, and recently am rekindling that love for reading some of these math/science books again. But I don't really like reading the hard stuff unless its for exams.

Are all university kids stupid? Well its quite obvious that getting exam results nowadays is quite easier to obtain. You get A+ for just about everything. Speaking about everything, there was a time when we worked really hard to get good results in our exams and not to mention the fact that modern kids have now a vast amount of more subjects to pick from. The exams that they take are not really that hard ..I looked once at a test paper on maths , well most of the questions I could do menally.without the need for pocket calculators. And I done my own survey on the subjects picked..low and behold the top marks came to media studies..with very few going if for physics..astronomy..or most of the sciences. have we as a culture lost our ability. Look away back in time to you see some great people like einstein,,da vinci,,newton,,etc. where has that ability to create gone or is it lost..forever.. I have already payed for my retirement by working very hard have you yet...? susan beg to differ but we worked much harder at school if even our writing was not up to scratch we had to do it again and you dare not miss p.e..or it was manual labour no calculators allowed when doing maths only pencil and paper... yes kitten your view is appreciated.. but we were expected to excel in all of those subjects.. not just the one of our choosing.. nicely said iceman... rach. I did not say they were better I said they were worse. worse in the fact it was much harder and I did look at modern exam papers and also we had to work harder in both primary secondary and higher level education. to make a comarison between the two I'd swop u anyday... blina.. this may hurt but you are not trying hard enough . if you would stop daydreamin about your boyfriends then maybe u will do better. oopps...iceman sorry..incognito...lol..lol. got your email..guess u take your intelligence after your mum and dad..nice one tho.. Frodo59. appart from the grammar its quite obvious however, that you understood the question..which you havn't answered..

Name suggestions for new pygmy goat kids?? Our little doe SIlver had twins this morning (never fun being in the barn at 2 a.m.) She has a buck and a doe. The buck looks like a dark grey agouti with a full belly band, white star and ears, and the doe is a light grey agouti with white ears and star. I am completely tapped out for names and not feeling creative and I'm looking for suggestions. NPGA registered names are up to 35 characters. I also have to use my registered herd name to prefix the kid's name. Both of their names will start with "Sfield Hill's", so 13 letters are already taken. Sometimes I like to use the mother or father's name incorporated into the kids' names, but the problem is, I HATE both of their registered names - K's Heavenly Hill Beam Me Up Scotty (aka Scotty), and Spring Willow Silver Beam (aka Silver). I don't want any more Star Trek references, but astronomy references might work for the buck. 10 points for the most creative and thoughtful suggestion! Thanks!!

astronomy home schooling help needed? anyone know were i can find galaxy projects for my kids? all i come up with is observatories or facilities who studies galaxies even written ones or where they do research

Do you think astronomy professors appreciate all the TIME we save them...? By showing their students how to reduce orbital elements and a time to a state vector, and then go back the other way, with a couple of pages of equations and text? Doesn't that leave the teacher free to pursue other things while his students quickly apprehend the material he would otherwise have to spend six weeks or so pounding into their heads? When we show the kids how to generate an ephemeris for the sky position of an asteroid, that's helpful to the astronomy professor, right? And when, in a somewhat more lengthy answer, we reduce the determination of an orbit from three observations with the method Gauss to a "cookbook" procedure, the teacher should be overjoyed because of the time we've saved him. Yes? Is there any reason for why astronomy professors in general would be annoyed at us? oklatonola, here you go. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090212065710AA8O01g In one of my earlier accounts, my user name was "Dump the Liberals Into Jupiter."

Why not teach both sides and let the kids decide? evolution or creationism round earth or flat earth chemistry or alchemy heliocentric solar system or geocentric solar system astronomy or astrology neurology or phrenology school is for science, keep religion out and dont try to drag good science out of it might as well add big bang or static universe i was joking which is why there are things like alchemy and phrenology up there and if you notice the right side is all crap

Can we breathe underwater (yes, this is a legitimate question)? Okay, so my astronomy teacher recently showed us "Mission to Mars." In the last scene, we see Jim submerged in some liquid substance and we see that he can breathe in it. I get the fact that since they had to travel at such a speed, it's necessarily to be in this liquid so that the body won't be damaged. Then, my astronomy teacher said that if we try hard enough we can breathe underwater. He also mentions that there was an experiment performed that involved putting rats in water. The rats were able to breathe underwater and after taking them out, they were pretty much fine. Then a student mentions that babies can actually breathe underwater for a couple of minutes, which i guess makes sense consider where they were before.... I was wondering if anyone has an explanation for this. I'm totally skeptical about this idea and I think it's BS. I honestly think my astronomy teacher was kidding us with a straight face, but I'm curious about this. Anyone have an idea?

Public Engagement Specialist, NASA position? Astronomy Top Contributors teach me!!? Recently watched Mars Rovers, a great IMAX movie that incorporates NASA approved information and visuals and great cinematic features and fabulous music by Philip Glass, and while watching an extra about the movie I saw a person with the position Mars Public Engagement Specialist. He was talking about touring the country trying to get kids interested in NASA. I wanted to know more about this, anyone who has seen HAL's marks all over this section knows I think I know alot bout Astronomy but more so I want to try and get others interested in Space. I do this on Y! Answers but I want more. Is this position something one can strive for, what information can you provide?

What should I say for my Astronomy project? So my teacher is making us orally present our astronomy project and my topic was the Pegasus Constellation. she never specified what we were supposed to present about, some kids got it easy and are able to give background info on Astronomers. I asked her what topics I should discuss and all she says is "your Pegasus Constellation" but....I don't know what to say. I can't just say "This is the Pegasus Constellation, look at it!" so what do y'all think i should go over? i have to be up there for about a minute or two.

Students want great questions for teachers: Why force kids to parrot lies for exams? Why ban debates @ truth?? Any students wanting great questions for teachers Why force kids to parrot lies for exams? Why censor the plain truth @ Intelligent Design & ban debating Darwin drivel's dubious deceptions? Many top MSc/PhD scientists, from micro-biology to astronomy, see SOOO much evidence of Intelligent Design that they reject their atheist brainwashing & worship the Almighty Creator See many learned articles, mags, books, DVDs, MP3s & CDs @ http://www.discovery.org/csc http://www.creationism.org http://www.creationontheweb.org - ACE search there - try Age Of The Earth http://www.AnswersInGenesis.org See their daily 'Answers' show - both @ http://www.RevelationTV.com & http://www.GenesisTV.TV I think both stations have VoD Enjoy! MA Not a game & no trick *2 reply: it's a poll/survey ofthose educated enough to know that 'science' is French for knowledge Meaning tried & tested truth Not 'guesstimates' Google why so many contradictory 'scientific' theories about dinosaur extinction just since 1965 & certainly not atheist brainwashing in Brave New World preparation of a gullible enough citizenry to accept the worst global tyranny ever Google New World Order One World Govt & see Revelation 13, Daniel 7,9 & 11 & 2 Thessalonians 2 http://BibleGateway.com No apologies for presenting Man's Maker's Manual as irrefutable truth Contrast God's wisdom & man's folly @ 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 B4 I get an early night,if Darwin were right, the difference between supposedly adjacent links on his fictional evolutionary chain/ladder/tree would be as tiny as those between he adjoining frames of a movie film The plain fact that we can so clearly distinguish dog from fox from wolf, etc, shows each species Designer-made by the Most Brilliant Brain in the Universe - its Almighty Creator I've said twice on BBC Radio Merseyside - & several times via PA system in Liverpool pedestrian precinct - that even arch evo-loopy Nutty Prof, Richard (Dorky) Dawkins, has defined biology as the study of species that give every appearancd of having been designed for a purpose That's cuz they WERE Fellow Oxbridge evo-loopy Prof Richard(Loopy) Lewontin admitted, "It's not hat the evidence compels us: we simply can't let a Divine foot in the door" Just time to recommend The Dawkins Delusion - search book review & The Revised & Expanded Answers Book, edited by Dr Jonathan Sarfati & Truth, Lies & Science Education by Dr Paul Taylor 'Night all! OK ... as I stayed up to make a hot milky drink to combat the howling wind outside ... Heard the story of how atheist Voltaire boasted that the Bible would be destroyed in 50 yrs 50 yrs after Voltaire died, his house was bought by Geneva Bible Society & used to print literally millions of Bibles Like the story of @ least 3 leading scientists & intellectuals who, separately, each set out to write a book disproving the Resurrection Each one was converted to saving faith in Christ, by research that produced books that present the overwhelmimg evidence FOR the Resurrection Google book review: Evidence FOR the Resurrection One was by Sir Frederick Catherwood One was by lawyer Val Grieve 1 was the famous, Who Moved The Stone?

Does anyone have some unique and fun themes for a kindergarten class? I've got the basics, and I'm challenging myself this year to 182 themed days (every day of school). I'd appreciate anyone who'd like to post something they think is appropriate for kids 5-6 and is relatively easy to explain. If you have any fun ideas to go with the theme, please post them as well! Thanks a bunch. All of the themes I already have: The Alphabet, numbers, seasons, vacations, colors, shapes, opposites, careers, books, hygiene, space (astronomy), feelings, nutrition, money, recycling, sports, weather, In the Future, heros/heroines, safety, holidays, America, plants, traveling, exercise, computers, magic, family, Our Community, puzzles, performing, cooking, matter (solid/liquid/gas), rocks, mysteries, cartoons, pirates, & My body.... Sounds like a lot, but there is SO much more out there I'm missing. Thanks everyone!

Astronomy...? Homework. Our teacher is stupid and just gave us a worksheet and told us to look it all up on the internet when half the kids dont have internet. =[=[ - How many moons are known for Mars? What are thier names? - What is atmospheric pressure? - What happens to water at very low [[ less than 4 degrees C]] and at very high temp. [[ more than 100 degrees C]] - What is pulse? - whar is blood pressure? - what is humidity? - what is PH? - what is an electrical current? - how are probes used during space missions? -what is meant by ''density''? - what is te mathatical formul for finding density? - what is chlorophyll?

Does anyone know of a cylinder lamp, that projects stars around the room, I saw this on tv.? It was on an Ad for Cheer laundry detergent. It looked like it was for kids or someone who was into Astronomy

What do Muslims believe about basic astronomy and other scientific facts Westerners take for granted? I am a Christian living with Muslims in Africa, and they are quite nice people. I would expect that they should give their children special coaching, so as not to be ignorant concerning the beliefs, events, and programmes of "The Infidels," but this is not the case. I gave the landlady's grandsons a computer of their own, hoping to see them make something of it. But in the past couple of years, all they can do is Hunt & Peck typing (erm, like ME!), play Unreal Tournament- poorly- and watch the abysmally intellectually void local videos. I have lent them some of my western videos, hoping they might learn something, or take an interest. The eldest boys are maybe 16 and 13 respectively, and there are about three girls, the oldest about 15, and others under 10. A couple of the younger kids 8 and 9 seem relatively bright. However, education in our country is severely dumbed down. The former military dictators did not want students who knew how to make arms and ammunition. (A asked a University-trained medical doctor a pharmacist, and an old, experienced, semi-illiterate HUNTER-used muskets and shotguns- whether they knew the composition of gunpowder: THEY DID NOT. Not a clue!) Last week, I caught out the elder grandchild in a simple error of comprehension, that, upon investigation, escalated into a quagmire of ignorance: he, a senior secondary school student, did not know that the prefix "kilo-" denoted "thousand." I probed further, and found that he did not know any of the other S.I. unit prefixes "mega," "centi-" "milli," and so on. Nor could he tell me the difference between a centimeter, a metre, and a kilometre, nor define units of length or weight. I turned to the other kids, and found that they did not know, either! Aghast, I asked their fathers how this was possible. They replied to the effect, that, "That's just the way it is. That is how they are taught in school." That was last week. I was considering the problem of dubbing the new Star Trek movie into local vernacular, when a horrible suspicion hit me. I buttonholed the elder boy: "Which is bigger," I asked him, ""The Earth, the Moon, or the Sun?" He thought about it- this mighty strange question! "The Earth," he said seriously. I asked his cousin, "The MOON," he answered knowingly. Something has been at the back of my mind for years about Islam. Bothering me. According to an Islamic booklet I read- claiming that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam, because he heard the *Muezzin* Call to Prayer when he was on the Moon, and thought it was just some malfunction of the comm device, then on Earth, he heard the same yodelling sound when he was walking in Cairo, so, when he learned what it was, he immediately became Muslim. The booklet said that Saudi Arabia was the only other nation to deny the Moon landing was a fact, back in 1969. It sounded silly. But now, I am not so sure. What do they THINK the Americans claim to have done? I asked the younger boy how far away he thought the Moon was- and he thought hard for a minute, and said that he could not even guess. Dear *INTERN,* What *SECULAR PENGUINIST* says implies, BUT DOES NOT SAY, that after Islam, the Arabs were no longer brilliant. However, The Babylonian and Egyptian empires were the beginning of serious learning long before Christ. You might remember the stories of Jospeh, prime minister of Egypt- that Middle-Eastern country with the funny stone monuments modern technology cannot duplicate, Daniel, the most prominent of the wise men of Nebuchadnezzar, who obviuosly had serious brainpower to throw around. The most famous doctor of all time would be HIPPOCRATES. The second, GALEN. The third would be AVICENNA, who was able to stand on the shoulders of those terrible quacks, but was much more brilliant than is widely known. Given the enlightenment of Islamic culture, I would expect that Muslims ensure that their youth would reflect at least a fraction of it. Dear *OBEDIENT & SUBMISSIVE MUSLIM.* These are not poor kids- I pay their parents RENT. They own a minibus and a school. Their fathers are intelligent people. But they leave the education of their children, like everyone else, up to schoolteachers. (They own a kindergarten). This does not make sense. I asked the older boy, what he thinks it means, when he passes a roadsign, and it says, "Ile-Ife: 30km" or somesuch. (He has been seeing these things all his life.) he was dumbfounded. Most of the beggars in our cities and towns are Muslim cripples. Recently, rich men in the capital were accused, by the government (I think it was the president or someone close), of importing beggars to the capital to beg by the roadside- FOR A CUT. Muslim businessment are the richest in the country (foreign ties across the Northern border, which is controlled by Islamic-dominated states). They could eliminate poverty, or at least illiteracy and ignorance in a heartbeat, if they chose. The main interest seems to be to indoctrinate with Islamic religious concepts, and not transfer significant knowledge at all.

I am a kid and want to know how to start a career in astronomy? ok i am 14 and am very interested in astronomy...not like our solar system astronomy....like the abstract stuff....i love to learn and work with things like black holes and galaxy's and all the stuff the hubble takes photos of :) but i need some help....this is what i think i wanna do in life and i basically need to know what to do...like what can i do as a kid now? is there any place i could work right now to prepare myself? also what college is the best for this? if there is anyone who is an astronomer and willing to help me please email me :) please no funny stuff thank you guys so much!

Do you think it is wrong? Do you think it is wrong to answer questions for kids in school? Part of learning is the work it takes to get to the answer. This will also give kids a passion for astronomy or another subject they are learning. Should people just answer them or should the kids learn on their own?

Should my career choice be a pediatric nurse? is it enough to pursue being a pediatric nurse because of my love for kids and helping people? i get 90's in math and science, however, its not like im really interested in these subjects (but i love astronomy..). the only other things that i find myself interested in, is figuring out the answers to things and learning about everything there is in the world.. lol ... i am confused! im picking classes for grade 11.

Which UK party has best education policy? Why? Pink Floyd right @, 'Oi, teacher, leave them kids alone!"? To assess superiority of programmed learning in the USA homeschooling movement championed by Governor Mike Huckabee, google how Accelerated Christian Education gets top results http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_enGB346&q=how+Accelerated+Christian+Education+gets+top+results What say YOU? Doesn't my profile intro expose the atheistic brainwashing that even poisons university by forbidding independent thought that questions Darwin drivel & finds overwhelming evidence of Intelligent Design, from microbiology to astronomy? Will you dare to see those URLs & challenge your teachers, lecturers & professors @ their preparing a gullible populace for the New World Order totalitarian dictatorship? Why does UK have more covert surveillance than any other land? Can#t we ask @ public right to know on BBC lunchtime phone-ins, etc? http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_enGB346&q=preparing+a+gullible+populace+for+the+New+World+Order+totalitarian+dictatorship Must go!

should my career choice be a pediatric nurse? is it enough to pursue being a pediatric nurse because of my love for kids and helping people? i get 90's in math and science, however, its not like im really interested in these subjects (but i love astronomy..). the only other things that i find myself interested in, is figuring out the answers to things and learning about everything there is in the world.. lol ... i am confused!

Senior high school project, is this a good idea ? I would like to create an astronomy book for young children. This book would be read by parents and would contain ideas of things to do with their kids such as going oustide and spotting constellations that are illustrated in the book. Also some facts that kids can understand with colorful pictures. Yes? No? Maybe so? Ideas ? I'm trying to do something simple enough with astronomy. Thanks y'all :D PS. I know it's the wrong section but I'm trying to get as much feedback as possible .

In order for young-earth "creation science" to be valid, the following would have to be INvalid? All 42 different types of radio-isotope dating would have to be false, radioactive decay would have to suddenly ignore the laws of natural physics and half-life calculations would have to be bad math. Astronomical red-shift analysis would have to be false as well, as would all of Einstein's work related to the nature of light and time. The speed of light would have to be a total lie, because if the universe were only 6500 years old than we can't be seeing the 12-billion year-old light from the most distant quasars. The following disciplines of science would be completely illegitemate, and all of it's practitioner's would have to be decietful charlatans; 1. Paleontology (the science of dinosaurs, who were apparently so contemperary that they rode on the ark) 2. Geology (the science that determined the 4.5 billion year age of the earth). 3. Astronomy (the science that studies the age of the universe) Do you REALLY want your kids taught this crap? STOP voting republican!!

Learning constellations? I'd really like to introduce my kids (under 7) to astronomy. Each time they look at the sky, they always ask what constellations I see. I always show them the dipper and Orions belt. Other then those two, I really can't spot any others. I was given a book on astronomy which shows all the constellations as well as the myth behind them. However, I do find it very hard to locate them. Are there any tips to assist? Are there any pc programs available that could be configured for the city you live in that would show the various constellations for a given day and time from our location. Any other tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Operating System for Windows that looked like a house? It isn't Microsoft BOB. When I was a kid(10 years or more ago) I had an OS that was like a house with different rooms as desktops. My sisters and I had a beach room, there was an office. An astronomy room and more.

What book(s) would suggest for a 10 yr old boy? I'm trying to get my grand-son more interested in reading. He's a smart kid but not interested in books (so sad). He is interested in astronomy, space and archeaology. Any 'novel' ideas?

Can someone proofread my short story for me? Let it be known that the first desk in the 3rd row of room two is a great desk. “The fake woodwork on the table part of the desk is so well done,” said June Jones, homeroom occupant of this desk, with a slight laugh. This reporter, who happens to reside in the same desk during grammar class, concurs completely. A desk is not the only thing June Jones and this reporter have in common. June is also thirteen years old and in the eighth grade at St. Leo the Great Grade School. Miss Jones hopes to, one day, open “some sort of bakery or cake decorating place” with her 16-year-old sister, Hannah. She also adds that opening a boarding kennel, restricted to dogs only, might be fun. “No cats allowed!” she remarked lightly about her future kennel. “I once read this article,” Jones explained, after being asked why she was not feline friendly, “about how cats have some of the same characteristics as snakes- such as slit-shaped pupils and a similarly shaped head as snakes. I found that kind of creepy.” June went on to mention a possible profession in zoology and other sciences. “Astronomy is really cool and oceanography looks really fun,” June commented. She is even considering following in the footsteps of her father, who is a teacher of environmental health at Saint Louis University. Though she already has many options to choose from, she says she has many other ideas for her career and that she’s “open to everything”. June is also an avid reader. Her favorite titles and authors include the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis; The Sight, by David Clemente Davids; and “anything by Sharon Creech”. She later informed me that she devours anything well written, no matter what the topic. “If something is written well, an author could get me to do anything,” she said. While other children play soccer and volleyball, June Jones competes in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions with her two-year-old Border Collie named Finn. She and Finn became interested in this sport during the summer of 2005, after realizing that Finn had an incredible talent for catching Frisbees in his mouth. Since then, Jones and her dog have joined the Missouri Disc Dog Club (??) and have competed in many competitions. In Canine Frisbee competitions, one performs a two-minute routine with their dog, using as many as twenty Frisbees. “Dog Frisbees used in competitions are very different from the hard, plastic Frisbees that kids play with. These Frisbees are much softer and more flexible than a regular Frisbee,” she told. Routines are also put to music and involve as many as two hundred throws including such throws as ‘around the back’ and a ‘hammer’. Besides plain throws, one can perform many different ‘moves’. “A vault,” June clarified, “is when your dog runs up your back, jumps over your head, and catches a Frisbee.” She really enjoys working with Finn and plans to continue participating in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions. She is eager to learn new tricks with Finn. “There are always new moves to learn,” said Jones. The question of what celebrity she would most like to meet arose and, after a minute of thought, asked an unusual question and gave an unusual answer, “Can he be dead? I don’t know if this guy is dead or not, but I guess I’d choose Alex Stein. He is the guy that started the sport of Canine Frisbee with his dog, Ashley.” As one may conclude, June’s life is very much centered around her dog and her involvement in Frisbee. Beside Finn, there are other animals who claim a key to her heart. Jones also has an eight-year-old Silky Terrier by the name of Daisy, whom she often finds annoying at times. She also has two chickens named Buffy and Jody, (“Who lay eggs for my mom’s breakfast every morning”), an immensely old rabbit called Fern, and two “very mean” parrots named Kiwi and Martini. “Kiwi bites me,” June stated, “and when I was younger and I would cry, he would laugh at me. He literally would mimic my brother, Rory’s, laugh and add in his own clucks and chirps. It was pretty funny.” Jones, never having been out of the country or on an airplane, would do anything to take an around the world excursion. “If I had a chance, I would definitely take an around the world trip and stop at any place that looks interesting from the sky. I’d especially want to spend a lot of time at the rainforest. I would take a lot of pictures, too!” When asked what color in a coloring box she would be, she immediately asked, “First, it depends, am I a crayon or a colored pencil?” When one has a mother that is an art teacher, as June does, the distinction between colored pencil and crayon makes a big difference in the world of colors. After being informed that, in this circumstance, she was a crayon, June immediately exclaimed she would be electric blue. Being questioned as to why ‘electric’ blue, in particular, was chosen, she responded that there was not much of a ‘why’ behind her answer; electric blue had always been the color she had thought herself to be. Who’s been sitting in my chair? An animal-loving, book-reading, electric blue eighth-grader, by the name of June Martha Jones- that’s who! I'm in 8th grade and this is for a journalism class. *I've replaced the names in the story and places, etc. THESE ARE NOT THE REAL NAMES OF PEOPLE in this story.* (I was assigned questions I had to ask. I did not make these questions up. I know- they are strange questions!) And this IS NOT A STORY! It's a piece for a journalism class!!

What can i do to be ready for astronomy? Well as some of you may Know, Im a young kid. Im mature for my age, and well something about the universe excites me in so many ways. I'm Just getting into highschool and i'm trying to study the basics, Like Math Science Chemistry Newtons laws of physics and things like that. I hope to graduate from a university one day and Do some work in the fields of astronomy which i love. I just want to know what can i do to master this subject of science astronomy space etc. I understand in the next 30-40 years things will be different. What kind of compotition am i going up against. And maybe when i have training on my app. I can apply to be an astronaut. Please share you're information with me and keep in touch. I was also looking into buying a refractor, like a dobsonian to gaze on stars. Fill this question up!

What Should i do and where should i go for college???? Music Carrier or Astronomy Carrier? Im 15 years old and i live like 60 miles from Houston Texas. i don't know what ti do for or especially where to go for college. I am pretty smart in school but im not a nerd (Im like the rocker type kid with long hair, skinny clothing, band tees, and so fowarth). i usually find myself making As and Bs but since this year,(im in the 8th grade, and i was held back a grade because i used be homeschooled), ive been struggling a bit and i am making a few Cs and have made 1 F. I find that science is the easiest subject to understand and all of science easy to memorize. (id forget to study for a big test or do the test reviews and i still get high Bs and Low As). I am good at my other subjects but i find that im good in math but i am not the type who can stay focused doing a million math problems. i find maht and history very dull and reading and language arts is just boring like the others. Also, i love Rock and Metal music (Unlike these retarded snoby rednecks). I play the guitar and have been playing guitar self tought for 1 year and really dedicated. I am trying to learn music theory and all the things i need to be able to write songs, improvise, read sheet music and all that stuff. Id really like to do a music carrier but id make more money in the science carrier like astronomy or something like that. I don't know what to do because id want to do the music carrier but i know that my dad would not (in a not angry but convincing type way) approve that idea and a astronomy carrier would make more money (unless i become a famous rockstar or something). If i choose the Music carrier, where should i go to college???? Im thinking maybe Austin Texas since it's one of the biggest music citys in the world and maybe id have a bigger chance of getting a good job in Austin. But for the astronomy carrier, i did not think of this until now but maybe Universty of Houston since it's close to Johnson space station and that my dad might mostly recomend UH since he went there for college. My heart sets closer to the music carrier but that might be hard to get into and i don't know how i would get in since my dad would not be too enthused at the idea and that i've only started learning guitar and music last year. Also, for the music carrier, what kind of jobs can i get? i want to be able to play my guitar and make songs and stuff. And what kind of jobs can i get in the Astronomy carrier??? Please give me a good and detailed answer.

What career would be best for me? I like the idea of being a doctor, but to be honest with myself, I'm not that hard of a worker. My grades are average (A's, B's, and a couple of C's. But I've never had lower than a C). My strengths are in science (usually the kind that doesn't require a lot of math), English, and history. I'm only fond of kids from a distance, I have problems meeting deadlines because I often procrastinate on things I don't want to do, and I don't think I'd be able to stand sitting in a cubicle all day. I want something that will keep my interest and keep me entertained--I work my hardest for things I enjoy. I do plan on going to college. I'll go to the best college willing to accept me. Other careers I have thought about are: archaeology, environmental science, wildlife biology, photography, writing, astronomy, journalism, psychology I actually love writing. But I've been frustrated lately because I've been having trouble finding something to write about. I do plan on being a freelance author on the side of whatever I choose to do. According to the Myers Briggs-like test I took, I should be an architect. I've thought of that before, because I also like (and am good at) art, but I don't know if I would be any good at it.

How many young adults do you know with this problem? And what can we do about it? Do you know an "Adam"? Today I was told about a young man who is a friend of my daughter's. This young man, who I am going to call Adam for simplicity's sake, is terribly intelligent. He can talk about astronomy and science, he is good at math. Adam is bright and capable of doing anything. Adam is also what I call a leader. His friends will stick up for him even when he is wrong, not because they are such good friends but because he has the ability to convince them that he is not wrong. People in his circle of friends tend to want to be like him, they listen to his advice, and they do things he asks them to. Adam has the ability and talent to go far in this life and really make something of himself. I'm not really sure of his age but I know he is in his very early 20s and like many young men of his age group he is doing NOTHING with all this talent. Adam instead chooses to spend his days doing drugs and playing video games. He spends his nights partying and living it up, so to speak. He has a girlfriend who he appears to care nothing for and who he regularly "puts in her place". He has a child who he is also taking care of and I assume loves. He lives with them but they do not act as one would hope a young family would. Adam has responsibilities and chooses to act irresponsibly. He has all this intelligence and ability but does nothing with it. The reason I am telling you this story is because the more I look at the young people in our society today the more frightened I become. So many of our youth are running around lost. They, like Adam, seem to simply not care. Has the world treated them too good or so badly that they have lost the ability to care about their own lives and the lives of those they affect. More and more young men of this age group are sitting at home in front of their televisions playing games all day instead of bettering themselves or going to work. They have no vision and if they do have dreams they do not have the drive to make any attempt at achieving them. I believe one of the major problems in our society is the school system itself. If you manage to graduate high school, which is a feat in and of itself now adays, then by the time you are out you certainly do not want to continue because of how awful school was for you. This is not to say that there are not kids who go on to college, of course there are, but they are rapidly decreasing in number. We must ask ourselves why this is. Our school system does not work folks. What will have to happen before we realize this and do something about it. By high school kids are ready for more than what we give them. I do not mean academically, although in some cases this is also true, but emotionally and in the way of treatment. Most teachers are still treating high school students like toddlers. Kids are growing up much faster in today's society and are not being treated like young adults in our high schools. For instance, if a teacher expects to be respected then should they not be treating our children with a modecom of respect to teach what respect is. If a teacher cannot act respectfully then how can we expect our children to simply give respect automatically. By the time our kids our teens they understand respect but they also are far to smart to give undeserved respect simply because someone is older or has a title like teacher. By the time a child reaches his or her teen years it takes a little more than "because I said so". Of course this cannot be the only reason we have such unmotivated youth. Some of it is parents are not teaching what it means to be an adult. My oldest son got a job when he was 14 and soon my youngest will as well. They both know the importance of a hard days work and the reward of a well earned check at the end of the week. They also have learned how rewarding it is to save your own money to buy the things you want and have them truly be yours because you earned them. This cannot be said for all teens anymore. There was a time when most teenagers went out and got jobs. It was just what was done. Those days are long gone. Now only a handful of today's youth are doing this. Some of this is because of parenting and some is because of the amount of homework schools are giving which makes it impossible to do anything outside of school and homework. We MUST get control of this. We MUST motivate our youth. We MUST teach responsibility and goal setting. I fear if we do not we will soon be supporting an entire generation of homeless and needlessly on welfare familys. Things have to change, with our schools, with the older generation being good role models, with the older generation being mentors, and with the youth who are right now doing NOTHING. Those of you are like Adam.... YOU have a choice. You can allow yourselves to stay your course and do nothing or you can rise above what the synics around you expect and go get educated or get jobs. Show the older generation they are wrong about you. Let them know you have intelligence and skills. Show yourself what you are made of. You might be suprised at how proud of yourself you become with even the smallest of accomplishments. I can tell you that nothing can happen if you do not try, bad or good. You will not become rich overnight either way but at least if you make an effort, then you have begun your journey to your dreams. Just so we are clear on this age group I'm talking about 18 - 25 year olds. Do you really believe at this age level the parents are still responsible? And if they didn't do the job of teaching responsibility at a younger age do you think they will bother now? Or do you think a young person can turn out like this even when taught responsibility during youth?

what do you think about this story about Metallica that i wrote? METALLICA The memory remains of the invisible kid That wants to purify the struggle within Some kind of monster that is Wasting my hate on the frayed ends of sanity. Mama said the thorn within is Holier than thou, and can cure The unnamed feeling. The God that failed is the thing that should not be, and the harvester of sorrow. Ronnie, is the prince also known as the phantom lord who has no remorse for the helpless, And the fixxxer of wolf and man. My friend of misery is the eye of the beholder And fight fire with fire as his last caress In the green hell. He was the loverman of merciful fate, And then later suffered in the Crash course in brain surgery, after whiplash, Which left him stone cold crazy. Tuesday`s gone, and the more I look at him, The more I see, the more I realize that he Was the unforgiven prince charming With the same attitude as a leper messiah. He is now the one for whom the bell tolls, The wait of the small hours on deyers eve Is giving fuel to the house jack built. Ride the lightning and jump in the fire, Its too late too late to shoot me again. I picked the shortest straw, And people singing "die die my darling" I was wrong thinking that I was better than you. So I hit the lights, forgetting that its electric From the power of the battery. As it fade to black, my world Is blackened, and now I only exist Though the never, slowly creeping death which leaves me Stone dead forever. My mama also told me, To live is to die. Now we have -human and I turn the page on The outlaw torn. The call of ktulu is like the ecstasy of gold, And justice for all, and is also the reason why An orion don't tread on me when I cant escape When I am trapped under ice The four horsemen is the disposable heroes, Drinking whiskey in a jar and working without the blitzkrieg. The no leaf clover grows where the wild things are, and has a sweet amber colour that makes It possible for the bad seed to grow. I am getting frantic, as I seek and destroy the Hero of the day. Now the master of puppets is doing The devil`s dance, and giving Free speech for the dumb, while St. anger is bleeding me from the low man`s lyric, Leaving the 2x4 all within my hands. It is killing time for the Metal militia, but poor twisted me As my overkill slowly fade away. You aint my ***** or my bread fan, As you leave me pulling teeth and smelling motor breath, and astronomy Makes me realize that I am king nothing. Looking through this dirty window, I see the unforgiven 2 pointing at the Damage case, saying "sabra cadabra" It doesn't matter wherever I may roam, I still wont find the damage inc. Enter sandman when nothing else matters, Keep on slither until it sleeps, And now I am the one asking myself, "am I evil?" I leave you with this sad but true saying "carpe diem baby"

Should all sides to an issue be presented equally in a public school (evolution vs. creation)? One of the leading arguments creationists stick to is to "teach the controversy," meaning explain both leading ideas concerning the beginning of life. While this seems like a just statement on the outside, it is no different from presenting both astronomy and astrology in physics class. There are a ton of people who believe in astrology, but this does not give astrology credibility. Also, if a group poked a few holes in some astronomy theories, this would not support astrology. Just like the evolutionary theory and creationism, astrology and astronomy are not completely contradictory. The basis in belief for both, however, are polar opposites - science and superstition. So should we present our kids with both science and magic, implying that they are equally valid and credible theories? Disregarding the separation of church and state, which is another huge setback for creationism.

I'm looking for a good book on tons of information on the universe? I'm looking for stuff about planets, stars, black holes, galaxies, nebula's. All of that amazing stuff, but I'm not looking for one of those little kid books that only talk about our solar system in short sentences. I'm looking for a great in depth book because space just fascinates me, I could stay on the astronomy section of yahoo answers all day.

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Does anybody know the title of this children's book? One of my good friends fell in love with this book as a kid, and I'm hoping to find it again for him. The story is about a little boy who gets a toy robot. The robot turns into a rocket ship and takes the boy into outer space, where he learns all about astronomy. Apparently, it came as an audio book as well. If anybody knows the title of this book, I would greatly appreciate it! My friend is now 22. I believe he was six or seven when he encountered the book.

What are "The Kids" in relation to astronomy and where are they located on a constellation map?

Do kids who enjoy learning astronomy and space travel, become trekkies later in life? I think it's true becasue I loved learning about space in school. Now I like to watch Star Trek TNG. And I am now fascinated of how big our universe is and what could be out there. And also I want to command a starship and boldly go where no woman has gone before.

What are all the job opportunities in astronomy? Ok im only 16 but ever since i was a kid iv always loved astronomy..what are some job opportunities in astronommy..The thing is i dont want to be in school forever

What is the most inane and juvenile question on astronomy? I have compiled a list, but maybe others have some too: Q. Why haven’t they used the space shuttles to go to the moon? Surely, everybody has seen the newsreels of the thing landing. Apart from all the other reasons it can’t go to the moon, surely people realise it requires a runway on which to land?. And surely they realise what the surface of the moon is like? Q. With my telescope looking at the moon, I cannot see the footprints from the astronauts, the American flag that was left, nor any debris. A lot of people (mainly kids) think this is good reason to believe that man never went there. Q. What causes the phases of the moon? A. The Earth’s shadow on the moon - several respondants gave that answer. WOW And.... Q. Why is the North Star the brightest in the sky? A. Most answers never corrected this, but assumed she was talking about Venus, for some reason not obvious to me. I think they are confusing “Evening Star”. If he/she was talking about the pole star, then it is a garbage question anyway, as it it is not even in the top 50 brightest stars. Q. Are stars ever covered by clouds? Whichever way you look at this question, it is very naïve. Either she meant clouds on Earth, which makes it a very silly question, unless she lives in the Namib desert. Or she meant the stars themselves, which means she has no idea that the stars are suns. Q. Why doesn’t the moon shoot off into space Newton solved this one 350 years ago, and thus this person is living 350 years behind the times. and.... Q. I saw the moon in daylight and it was a half moon. How can that be possible if the Earth’s shadow is supposed to eclipse it Wow. So, many people think that the phases of the moon are caused by the Earth’s shadow. Yet here is a simple case where the penny should have dropped. The sun was in the sky: surely it is then obvious that it can only shine on one half of the moon. Q. Where do the stars go during the day? Amazing! Q. Where do the stars come from when it gets dark? Again, amazing! Q. Is it always dark on the moon? I’m sure people just do not think. Even from earth the moon can be dazzlingly bright. Q. How come we see the moon in the day but not the sun at night? That must beat all, surely. Are there people who have never watched a sunset or sunrise? Q. Does the sun orbit the Earth or the Earth orbit the sun? This was an adult, because he said he wanted the answer for his daughter? I don’t know what to comment. It is astounding. and .... Q. What colour is the dark side of the sun? No comment. Obviously people confuse the sun and moon, for some unnaccountable reason. Q. Instead of going UP to space why don't we go out of the SIDE of the Earth? The person cannot know that the Earth is a sphere. Remarkable. Q. If the Earth stops spinning, will we all fly off? Where do so many people get the idea that the spin has anything to do with gravity? Q. Why has the antartic not fallen off the earth since gravity holds things down and the antartic is at bottom? Wow!!! One of the answers actually compared it to the difficulty of getting ice off a windscreen. It seems the average person cannot picture things 3 dimensionally. Q. How many constellations are there in the galaxy? So many people think that constellations are real groups of stars.

LEM question: When I was in college a hundred years ago I had a professor who claimed he was one? of the inventors of the LEM (Lunar Exploration Module). Can anybody provide me with the names of the Engineers who invented the LEM? I can't remember myself after all these years and I am trying to teach my kid astronomy through the use of a brand new telescope. Any additional advice on the latter is appreciated.

which Job can i get after astronomy study? when i was a kid, i used to see on tv,movies about astronaut. then i became very interested in astronaumy. but now i am worred about which job i can get as soon as after studies. will i be lowered to do in the roomship?

10 points to whoever can answer this gnarly math/astronomy question? Hi everyone, I'm sorry that this is really a math/astronomy question but the jr high kids have the math page moving so fast asking how to factor equations it's hard to get an answer. Here is my problem: The solar energy hitting 1 square meter of the Earth’s surface is 1360 J/s (the solar constant). How long does it take a baseball diamond (90 ft on a side) to receive 1 megaton of solar energy? (Hint: A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb produces about 4 x 10^15 J) I've made some decent progress but still need help. Physics page, you're my only hope! Thx

How do we use a telescope? Where can I read about it.Do I have to join an astronomy club to learn. And how can i find about a local astronomy club. Can my elementary school kids join an astronomy club ? Please help.

Field trips in ASTRONOMY? I'm a high school special Ed teacher in Massachusetts, and we are currently studying astronomy- mainly the planets. I would love to take my kids on a local field trip but can't find anything! NOT the science museum- they've been a million times. Maybe something that they could view space through a large telescope or something? ANy suggestions? Thanks for your help!

How do I tutor children in elementary school? im an 18 year old in grade 12 in high school. i was hoping that id tutor some kids in elementary school. I want to tutor them, but i want to learn the subjects first, and get an understanding about what they are learning. i want to find the bestways to teach them. but i want to teach more than math and reading and writing. do they learn geographym history, and astronomy, animals stuff like that? cause it'd be nice to teach them varities.

i am looking for a good science/astronomy magazine for my niece she is 6.? or maybe a recommendation on some books for kids that could possibly brainwash her into becoming an astronomer. Thanks.

Do you think that since Star Trek was all socialists that is why obama? is doing astronomy night with those kids on the south lawn? or is there a more sinister plan unfolding

How much is the cheapest telescope in the Philippines? Where can we buy one? My pre-school kid is fascinated with the stars. I want to nurture his interest on astronomy.

Can our genes acquire information about our development in our lifetime OR they are just passed on? suppose i have child when i am 20 and one more when i am 40, and if i have earned a Phd in astronomy, a black belt in karate and have done lots of other stuff in these interim 20 years, will there be any difference in my gene composition in these two kids that are born to me.

How can I be sure I want to become astronomer? Astronomy has always interested me, but I have never been sure on what I wanted to do as a career. I never pictured myself as a scientist when I was a kid because I never thought I would be that smart. So how can I make sure that this is what I want to do?? If you are a scientist, how did you know? I am 17 and I graduate high school in 2010 so I have a little time to think. Yeah, I failed grade 9. It was a stupid mistake.

I joined a local astronomy club and i was invited to the next meet but...? Im a bit nervous , a lot of these guys are in there 50's and i just look like some punk kid >.< Im in my 20's and i rarely socialize outside of the internet i just want to know what to expect. I have no real knowledge of space or the planets etc , its just something that's interested me , i just dont want to be shunned because my IQ is the same as a goldfish when it comes to astronomy. Any tips to give a good impression would be much appreciated . :D Thank you guys so much for responding to this , and the cookie idea is top :D Im so going to buy cookies. >.< I will try to make the best impression possible , but something i dont understand is , how on Gods green earth can astrology clubs be dying , the sky and space in general is a absolutely amazing subject , which boggles the mind. But again thanks for all the answer , i seriously wont be able to pick a best answer , i will leave it down to a vote or something lol Yeah i did that twice B I literally just accidentally almost bought astrology for dummy's lol But was soon corrected by a friend online ^^

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you get there? If not, would you still want to? I wanted to be a math teacher or astronomer, I probably wouldn't be a math teacher because of the low pay and because I suck at teaching. But I'm certainly still very interested in astronomy, although I'm more likely to become an engineer.

So should we teach Intelligent Design alongside evolution? ...let the kids decide? ...and too be fair: Astronomy AND Astrology? Chemistry AND Alchemy? Neurology AND Phrenology? Physics AND Magic?

What should I do with my life? What I want for me, what would be most suitable for me, or both? What I want to do is become a Quantum physicist, and write books concerning my scientific theories (I love astronomy, and have read books about the cosmos; I'v memorized much of my sky). What my brain wants to do: Get a PhD in Writing and a doctorate in Medicine, and because a published author, and write physchological thrillers (I am a great writer according to my colleagues and teachers). What I could do is: Go through 4 years of pre-medical, minor in Writing so I can get my Masters in writing and Bachelors in Medicine; and then another 4 years of medical, and minor in Quantum physics, so I can get a Masters physics and a Masters in Medicine; and then take 4 years residency in Psychology, and 4 years in spanish to learn the language fluently, so I can get my doctorate is Psychology and become a Psychology, Neurology, Pathology or Psychiatry; get married and support 3-4 kids and enjoy the American dream. I know I can handle any of the three scenarios. The first and second scenario do not insure that I will be imployed, but the third one does. I live in Chicago, so if I learn Spanish, and have a Masters in Spanish, Masters in Psysics, Masters in Writing, Masters in Medicine, and Doctorate in Psychology, I can write a book if I want will working as a doctor. If I am a good writer, and I get published, I can be a very qualified author with 4 masters and one doctorate in my name. If I am not a good writer, I can simply be a Psychologist, making at least 70k a year, especially with the ability to speak Spanish fluently, and a knowledge of literature on science in my name. I absolutely LOVE to learn. I love to help. I love to read and love to teach. What do you all think I should do? -Andrew wiltzandrew1989 on Yahoo! Messenger, wiltzandrew on AIM,

My astronomy theory? So if something is 245 million light years away, we are actually looking at them as they were 245 million years ago. So what if, we managed to teleport someone 245 million light years away and has a powerful enough telescope, would he be able to see dinosaurs in earth? (im just a 14-year-old kid) Proof im 14: <a href="www.myspace.com/jazvdb>Click Here</a>

Is it possible to get a hold of Steven Spielberg...? I am doing an English project involving film. The project requires that I interview someone. Last year there was a kid doing a project on astronomy and he got to talk to the first guy to walk on the moon! What if i could talk to the greatest film maker ever? Any advice on how to get a hold of him?

What should my career be? ? i like astronomy,kids, chemistry, im very social, and i hate being bored. i need something that i would like and that would pay pretty well. ANY IDEAS

Why do so many celebs get into drugs? A kid was taking an astronomy test, and the question was "What do you call a collection of stars?". He responded with "Celebrity Rehab Clinic". All kidding aside, why do so many celebs get into drugs?

Can someone read over my article? Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair? Let it be known that the first desk in the third row of room two is a great desk. “The fake woodwork on the table part of the desk is so well done,” said Millie Jones, homeroom occupant of this desk, with a slight laugh. This reporter, who happens to reside in the same temporary quarters during grammar class, concurs completely. A desk is not the only thing Millie Jones and this reporter have in common. We are both thirteen years old and in the eighth grade at St. Francis Borgia Grade School. Miss Jones hopes to, one day, open “some sort of bakery or cake decorating place” with her 16-year-old sister, Hannah. She also adds that opening a boarding kennel, restricted to dogs only, might be fun. “No cats allowed!” she remarked lightly about her future kennel. “I once read this article,” Millie explained, after being asked why she was not feline friendly, “about how cats have some of the same characteristics as snakes- such as slit-shaped pupils and a similarly shaped head as snakes. I found that kind of creepy.” Though she already has many options to choose from, she said she has some other ideas for her career and that she’s “open to everything”. Millie went on to mention a possible profession in zoology or other sciences. “Astronomy is really cool and oceanography looks really fun,” Jones told excitedly. She is even considering following in the footsteps of her father, who is a teacher of environmental health at Saint Louis University. Millie has a natural flair for writing, a skill that will be beneficial to her in the future, no matter what occupation she chooses. Her love of writing emanates directly from her love of reading. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, The Sight, by David Clemente Davids, and “anything by Sharon Creech” are some of her favorite titles. While other children play soccer and volleyball, Millie Jones participates in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions with her two-year-old Border collie named Finn. She and Finn became interested in this sport during the summer of 2005, after realizing that Finn had an incredible talent for catching Frisbees in his mouth. Millie and her dog have since joined the Missouri Disc Dog Club and partaken in many competitions. In Canine Frisbee competitions, a human/dog duo performs a two-minute routine, set to music, with their dog, using as many as twenty Frisbees, performing as many as two hundred throws. “Frisbees used in competitions are very different from the hard, plastic Frisbees that kids play with. These Frisbees are much softer and more flexible than a regular Frisbee,” she told. Finn and Millie regularly practice such throws as ‘around the back’ and a ‘hammer’. Beside plain throws, one can perform many different ‘moves’. “A vault,” Millie clarified, “is when your dog runs up your back, jumps over your head, and catches a Frisbee.” She really enjoys working with Finn and plans to continue participating in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions. When asked which celebrity she would most like to meet, Millie thought, and answered with an unusual question. “Can he be dead? I don’t know if this guy is dead or not, but I’d choose Alex Stein. He is the guy that started the sport of Canine Frisbee with his dog, Ashley.” Millie’s life is very much centered around Finn and her involvement in Frisbee, but there are other animals who lay claim a key to her heart. Jones also has an annoying eight-year-old Silky Terrier named Daisy, two chickens named Buffy and Jody, who lay eggs for breakfast every morning, an incredibly old rabbit Fern, and two very mean parrots, Kiwi and Martini. “Kiwi bites me,” Millie winced. “When I was younger and I cried, he would laugh at me using the laugh he learned mimicking my brother, Rory’s laugh and adding in his own clucks and chirps. Now, it all sounds pretty funny.” Jones’s love of animals and the outdoors has driven her to make it a lifetime goal to take an around-the-world excursion. “If I had a chance, I would definitely take a trip around the world and stop at any place that looks interesting from the sky. I’d especially want to spend a lot of time at the rainforest. I would take a lot of pictures, too!” When asked what color in a coloring box she would be, she immediately asked, “First, it depends, am I a crayon or a colored pencil?” With an art-teacher-mom, the distinction between colored pencil and crayon makes a big difference. With clear instruction that she was a crayon, Millie immediately exclaimed she would be electric blue. Why electric blue? She responded that there was not much of a ‘why’ behind her answer; electric blue just seemed the color that most suited her… and just so happened to resemble the color of the sky on a perfect day for practicing Frisbee with Finn. Who’s been sitting in my chair? An animal-loving, book-reading, electric blue eighth-grader, by the name of Millie Elise Jones- that’s who! I'm in 8th grade and this is for a journalism class. *THE NAMES OF PEOPLE IN THIS STORY ARE NOT THE NAMES OF ACTUAL PEOPLE (well theoretically, they might be the names of real people.. but you know what I mean)*

Should we teach all the viewpoints in school, and let the kids decide? For example - Chemistry - Alchemy Astronomy - Astrology Physics - Magic Neurology - Phrenology Evolution - ID

creative drama for 5th graders? I have to create a creative drama project, and I need ideas. Creative drama is basically involving the kids through a transformational activity. I don't know what I want to teach them though. What's really fun for kids at that age? I'm thinking maybe pioneers, cells, astronomy...something in either history or science. And what are some activities I could have them do?

what schools offer graduate studies in astrobiology? such as a master's or a phd program. i just graduate with a bs in biochemistry but i want to switch up my graduate studies a little bit and astrobiology seems the only thing i can do, plus i 've always love astronomy when i was a kid. anything along the lines of astronomy that i can study with a biochem degree will do thanks a lot sufergrl. what is your source by the way my bad i forgot you cant respond back.....i'm a little new to this

I played this video game when i was a kid can someone help me remeber what it was called? Ok im 15 by the way born in 1992 so that might narrow it down. but it was i assume a learning game. there was this huge treehouse and it was like lots of houses in that tree. and every house had diffrent rooms. like on the top was astronomy. and then cooking. and art. and undergroud below the tree was somthing else. Please help me its been bugging me forever! thanks so much!

Can someone read over my article for me? Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair? Let it be known that the first desk in the third row of room two is a great desk. “The fake woodwork on the table part of the desk is so well done,” said Millie Jones, homeroom occupant of this desk, with a slight laugh. This reporter, who happens to reside in the same temporary quarters during grammar class, concurs completely. A desk is not the only thing Millie Jones and this reporter have in common. We are both thirteen years old and in the eighth grade at St. Francis Borgia Grade School. Miss Jones hopes to, one day, open “some sort of bakery or cake decorating place” with her 16-year-old sister, Hannah. She also adds that opening a boarding kennel, restricted to dogs only, might be fun. “No cats allowed!” she remarked lightly about her future kennel. “I once read this article,” Millie explained, after being asked why she was not feline friendly, “about how cats have some of the same characteristics as snakes- such as slit-shaped pupils and a similarly shaped head as snakes. I found that kind of creepy.” Though she already has many options to choose from, she said she has some other ideas for her career and that she’s “open to everything”. Millie went on to mention a possible profession in zoology or other sciences. “Astronomy is really cool and oceanography looks really fun,” Jones told excitedly. She is even considering following in the footsteps of her father, who is a teacher of environmental health at Saint Louis University. Millie has a natural flair for writing, a skill that will be beneficial to her in the future, no matter what occupation she chooses. Her love of writing emanates directly from her love of reading. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, The Sight, by David Clemente Davids, and “anything by Sharon Creech” are some of her favorite titles. While other children play soccer and volleyball, Millie Jones participates in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions with her two-year-old Border collie named Finn. She and Finn became interested in this sport during the summer of 2005, after realizing that Finn had an incredible talent for catching Frisbees in his mouth. Millie and her dog have since joined the Missouri Disc Dog Club and partaken in many competitions. In Canine Frisbee competitions, a human/dog duo performs a two-minute routine, set to music, with their dog, using as many as twenty Frisbees, performing as many as two hundred throws. “Frisbees used in competitions are very different from the hard, plastic Frisbees that kids play with. These Frisbees are much softer and more flexible than a regular Frisbee,” she told. Finn and Millie regularly practice such throws as ‘around the back’ and a ‘hammer’. Beside plain throws, one can perform many different ‘moves’. “A vault,” Millie clarified, “is when your dog runs up your back, jumps over your head, and catches a Frisbee.” She really enjoys working with Finn and plans to continue participating in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions. When asked which celebrity she would most like to meet, Millie thought, and answered with an unusual question. “Can he be dead? I don’t know if this guy is dead or not, but I’d choose Alex Stein. He is the guy that started the sport of Canine Frisbee with his dog, Ashley.” Millie’s life is very much centered around Finn and her involvement in Frisbee, but there are other animals who lay claim a key to her heart. Jones also has an annoying eight-year-old Silky Terrier named Daisy, two chickens named Buffy and Jody, who lay eggs for breakfast every morning, an incredibly old rabbit Fern, and two very mean parrots, Kiwi and Martini. “Kiwi bites me,” Millie winced. “When I was younger and I cried, he would laugh at me using the laugh he learned mimicking my brother, Rory’s laugh and adding in his own clucks and chirps. Now, it all sounds pretty funny.” Jones’s love of animals and the outdoors has driven her to make it a lifetime goal to take an around-the-world excursion. “If I had a chance, I would definitely take a trip around the world and stop at any place that looks interesting from the sky. I’d especially want to spend a lot of time at the rainforest. I would take a lot of pictures, too!” When asked what color in a coloring box she would be, she immediately asked, “First, it depends, am I a crayon or a colored pencil?” With an art-teacher-mom, the distinction between colored pencil and crayon makes a big difference. With clear instruction that she was a crayon, Millie immediately exclaimed she would be electric blue. Why electric blue? She responded that there was not much of a ‘why’ behind her answer; electric blue just seemed the color that most suited her… and just so happened to resemble the color of the sky on a perfect day for practicing Frisbee with Finn. Who’s been sitting in my chair? An animal-loving, book-reading, electric blue eighth-grader, by the name of Millie Elise Jones- that’s who! I'm in 8th grade and this is for a journalism class.

Do you belong to the "new Church of Global Warming"?

Is there some concise and accurate web site dealing with this 2012 nonsense? Most of us here in the astronomy forum feel the need to give people, especially the kids, some kind of reasonable answers to this continual inquiry. I think in another four years, that's going to become somewhat of a drag. So I was wondering if there was any really good web site which deals with this issue: all the claims related to it, and the best answers, in a simple, concise form. If not, would anyone here be willing to collaborate with me in making such a web site? We could really save ourselves a lot of wear and tear, (and frustration), in the future if we could just give a link. Maybe a blog? Or something on 360? I'm not experienced in that sort of thing, but I would do it if I could get other people's help. Sure, Wayner, but in order to make it more credible, several respected contributors here should have their input. I could do it myself and revise it as others suggest, but I'd like it to be top quality from the start. Quantum, I should have thought of that. I'll go see what Phil has to say. David, I'll consider that a "maybe." I'll e-mail you. Carl, a good paragraph should support the topic sentence. Rhsaunders, Good GAWD! Spent some time on YA, have ya?? You're the kind of credibility I'm looking for. And of course, it would be done calmly and scientifically, first dealing with the premises of the claims and their inaccuracy. Nope, not trying to dsiprove anything here, just giving all sorts of good reasons not to lose any sleep over it. Many of these questioners are kids who have no experience with these things, like you and I have. (Too late now, you're in my book.) Superman, the prevalence of bunk on the Internet precludes the creation of legitimate sites? If so, then how is anyone supposed to be able to decide? They only see one side of the argument. Anyway, this was intended mainly as an expedient for the regular contributors to this forum. Look how often we use the Clavius link. Starry, as soon as this came out I knew all the other doomsayers would piggyback onto it. North star, I think a lot of kids, and probably some adults, really do come here wanting to hear from the scientific side. Many are moved by fear, not merely a need to validate their own beliefs, as with other topics. Thanks, Remember. That will be useful. I'll take all the links I can get, but finding good ones can be a task. Bobby, I knew I could count on you. I'll e-mail you soon. Starry, Michael, and Remember: good links. Thanks. Superman, thanks. Lots of sites and all the stuff. I don't think that great dreams site missed a single myth or superstition from any culture on this planet. But it did have some fabulous crop designs that I've never seen before.

Can someone proofread my article? Let it be known that the first desk in the 3rd row of room two is a great desk. “The fake woodwork on the table part of the desk is so well done,” said June Jones, homeroom occupant of this desk, with a slight laugh. This reporter, who happens to reside in the same desk during grammar class, concurs completely. A desk is not the only thing June Jones and this reporter have in common. June is also thirteen years old and in the eighth grade at St. Leo the Great Grade School. Miss Jones hopes to, one day, open “some sort of bakery or cake decorating place” with her 16-year-old sister, Hannah. She also adds that opening a boarding kennel, restricted to dogs only, might be fun. “No cats allowed!” she remarked lightly about her future kennel. “I once read this article,” Jones explained, after being asked why she was not feline friendly, “about how cats have some of the same characteristics as snakes- such as slit-shaped pupils and a similarly shaped head as snakes. I found that kind of creepy.” June went on to mention a possible profession in zoology and other sciences. “Astronomy is really cool and oceanography looks really fun,” June commented. She is even considering following in the footsteps of her father, who is a teacher of environmental health at Saint Louis University. Though she already has many options to choose from, she says she has many other ideas for her career and that she’s “open to everything”. June is also an avid reader. Her favorite titles and authors include the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis; The Sight, by David Clemente Davids; and “anything by Sharon Creech”. She later informed me that she devours anything well written, no matter what the topic. “If something is written well, an author could get me to do anything,” she said. While other children play soccer and volleyball, June Jones competes in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions with her two-year-old Border Collie named Finn. She and Finn became interested in this sport during the summer of 2005, after realizing that Finn had an incredible talent for catching Frisbees in his mouth. Since then, Jones and her dog have joined the Missouri Disc Dog Club (??) and have competed in many competitions. In Canine Frisbee competitions, one performs a two-minute routine with their dog, using as many as twenty Frisbees. “Dog Frisbees used in competitions are very different from the hard, plastic Frisbees that kids play with. These Frisbees are much softer and more flexible than a regular Frisbee,” she told. Routines are also put to music and involve as many as two hundred throws including such throws as ‘around the back’ and a ‘hammer’. Besides plain throws, one can perform many different ‘moves’. “A vault,” June clarified, “is when your dog runs up your back, jumps over your head, and catches a Frisbee.” She really enjoys working with Finn and plans to continue participating in Canine Freestyle Frisbee competitions. She is eager to learn new tricks with Finn. “There are always new moves to learn,” said Jones. The question of what celebrity she would most like to meet arose and, after a minute of thought, asked an unusual question and gave an unusual answer, “Can he be dead? I don’t know if this guy is dead or not, but I guess I’d choose Alex Stein. He is the guy that started the sport of Canine Frisbee with his dog, Ashley.” As one may conclude, June’s life is very much centered around her dog and her involvement in Frisbee. Beside Finn, there are other animals who claim a key to her heart. Jones also has an eight-year-old Silky Terrier by the name of Daisy, whom she often finds annoying at times. She also has two chickens named Buffy and Jody, (“Who lay eggs for my mom’s breakfast every morning”), an immensely old rabbit called Fern, and two “very mean” parrots named Kiwi and Martini. “Kiwi bites me,” June stated, “and when I was younger and I would cry, he would laugh at me. He literally would mimic my brother, Rory’s, laugh and add in his own clucks and chirps. It was pretty funny.” Jones, never having been out of the country or on an airplane, would do anything to take an around the world excursion. “If I had a chance, I would definitely take an around the world trip and stop at any place that looks interesting from the sky. I’d especially want to spend a lot of time at the rainforest. I would take a lot of pictures, too!” When asked what color in a coloring box she would be, she immediately asked, “First, it depends, am I a crayon or a colored pencil?” When one has a mother that is an art teacher, as June does, the distinction between colored pencil and crayon makes a big difference in the world of colors. After being informed that, in this circumstance, she was a crayon, June immediately exclaimed she would be electric blue. Being questioned as to why ‘electric’ blue, in particular, was chosen, she responded that there was not much of a ‘why’ behind her answer; electric blue had always been the color she had thought herself to be. Who’s been sitting in my chair? An animal-loving, book-reading, electric blue eighth-grader, by the name of June Martha Jones- that’s who! This is for an eighth grade journalism class. I was assigned certain questions I had to ask... I know- some of them are weird questions! These are not the actual names of people.

Modern science teaches a heliocentric solar system. Should we teach an alternative, the geocentric model? After all, kids are smart enough aren't they? We should teach them alternatives to be fair, just as Creationsits want Intelligent Design as an altnerative to the Theory of Evolution, do they also wish that astronomy class include the geocentric model of the solar system, with the Earth in the center, and the sun in Earth orbit? In the interest of fairness?

The Christian group at my high school doesnt think they should have to go to biology class. Is that stupid? Because out bio department is teaching evolution, astronomy, and ancient civilizations, the christians kids think they should have to listen to 'lies in the class room" They say that diosaur bones rock formations made by god. They also say that 95% of astronomy is false because the world is only 6000 years old. And they say that ancient human civilization never existed and that god placed the evidence there to test peoples faith. What the hell is the matter with this people. Why do they act like some alien cult from another planet? These kids are causing all types of problems in school and everyone wants to kick all their asses. What should we do?

Should I be an Astronomer? Well, it's pretty simple: I have liked Astronomy since I was a kid. I don't think there's anything more interesting than Astronomy and that's why I would like to be an Astronomer. The only problem is that I don't like Math and Physics. I can be good, but I don't like them. So, should I pursue another career or should I study Astronomy anyways?

here is something i came up with,plz tell me what you think? METALLICA The memory remains of the invisible kid That wants to purify the struggle within Some kind of monster that is Wasting my hate on the frayed ends of sanity. Mama said the thorn within is Holier than thou, and can cure The unnamed feeling. The God that failed is the thing that should not be, and the harvester of sorrow. Ronnie, is the prince also known as the phantom lord who has no remorse for the helpless, And the fixxxer of wolf and man. My friend of misery is the eye of the beholder And fight fire with fire as his last caress In the green hell. He was the loverman of merciful fate, And then later suffered in the Crash course in brain surgery, after whiplash, Which left him stone cold crazy. Tuesday`s gone, and the more I look at him, The more I see, the more I realize that he Was the unforgiven prince charming With the same attitude as a leper messiah. He is now the one for whom the bell tolls, The wait of the small hours on deyers eve Is giving fuel to the house jack built. Ride the lightning and jump in the fire, Its too late too late to shoot me again. I picked the shortest straw, And people singing “die die my darling” I was wrong thinking that I was better than you. So I hit the lights, forgetting that its electric From the power of the battery. As it fade to black, my world Is blackened, and now I only exist Though the never, slowly creeping death which leaves me Stone dead forever. My mama also told me, To live is to die. Now we have -human and I turn the page on The outlaw torn. The call of ktulu is like the ecstasy of gold, And justice for all, and is also the reason why An orion don’t tread on me when I cant escape When I am trapped under ice The four horsemen is the disposable heroes, Drinking whiskey in a jar and working without the blitzkrieg. The no leaf clover grows where the wild things are, and has a sweet amber colour that makes It possible for the bad seed to grow. I am getting frantic, as I seek and destroy the Hero of the day. Now the master of puppets is doing The devil`s dance, and giving Free speech for the dumb, while St. anger is bleeding me from the low man`s lyric, Leaving the 2x4 all within my hands. It is killing time for the Metal militia, but poor twisted me As my overkill slowly fade away. You aint my bitch or my bread fan, As you leave me pulling teeth and smelling motor breath, and astronomy Makes me realize that I am king nothing. Looking through this dirty window, I see the unforgiven 2 pointing at the Damage case, saying “sabra cadabra” It doesn’t matter wherever I may roam, I still wont find the damage inc. Enter sandman when nothing else matters, Keep on slither until it sleeps, And now I am the one asking myself, “am I evil?” I leave you with this sad but true saying “carpe diem baby”

Anybody see that footage on YoutUbe of eraly Pink Floyd? Syds first acid trip- not sure if this is the real footage or not, but the kids in it are baked on acid or shrooms- they look and act the part... Also check out the Astronomy Domine, early footage- great footage and intreview is a blast... Syd at his finest, Floyd at their acid peak... Awesome stuff for Flod fans- check it out... If you have, let me know what you thought! Any other thoughts on Syd and Floyd- giv'er!!!