Today, we made a powerpoint presentation on the Emission of a photon and it's journey through space. We were deciding if we were going to travel as a quanta of photons and how this would look. Then we decided that the photon is going to interact with certain type of stars.
We are going to show a neutron star, Red Giant and White Dwarf. We will show the magnetic field of the Neutron star and what this does to the photon. The Red Giant and White Dwarf will fling the photon around it.
After that, we will exit either a spiral or elliptical galaxy and enter The Milky Way galaxy. Into that we will then zoom in on our solar system and describe some of the planets. The photon will eventually find it's way into the Hubble Telescope and describe the Charge Coupled Devices(CCD) inside. Then we will Finish our presentation on this subject at least and offer something interactive.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
September 21
So, After an hour and forty five minutes of planning, we realized that we already had all our work done for the day the second Chris Fallon walked into the room. We figured out what we wanted the "life cycle of a star" part of the video to be about in detail and how long we wanted each part to be. We made a powerpoint presentation on this too.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
September 14, 2008 second week of school
Catching up on our latest endeavors...
Basic outline:
We've decided to combine the videos into one and have made a group decision to make the presentation interactive. Our plan is to start out with the formation of a star. Then, have the viewer choose what kind of star they want to be. With this we will provide information about the types of stars and their outcomes. Next, the viewer will become a photon/gamma ray/heat and able to choose where they want to go i.e. a galaxy, meteor, or other astronomical object.
The photon will then be direct towards earth due to forces of gravity acting on it. Once approaching earth, viewers will be able to determine what kind of detector they want the photon to enter. Whether it be a CCD, infared, or any other filtered detector. Here we will show an image from that kind of detector and explain how it works. Also, we will explain the importance of detectors and why people should care about them.
From here on out we need to finalize our ideas and actually start on making the presentation!! We'll try to keep more up to date with our progress.
Basic outline:
We've decided to combine the videos into one and have made a group decision to make the presentation interactive. Our plan is to start out with the formation of a star. Then, have the viewer choose what kind of star they want to be. With this we will provide information about the types of stars and their outcomes. Next, the viewer will become a photon/gamma ray/heat and able to choose where they want to go i.e. a galaxy, meteor, or other astronomical object.
The photon will then be direct towards earth due to forces of gravity acting on it. Once approaching earth, viewers will be able to determine what kind of detector they want the photon to enter. Whether it be a CCD, infared, or any other filtered detector. Here we will show an image from that kind of detector and explain how it works. Also, we will explain the importance of detectors and why people should care about them.
From here on out we need to finalize our ideas and actually start on making the presentation!! We'll try to keep more up to date with our progress.
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