Birth of the Earth – Mr. Renwick's Online Classroom

Media

Naked Science – Birth of the Earth (50:05)

Part 1

Sharon Wehner performs “32 Fouettes” from Swan Lake – Colorado Ballet (0:45)

Part 2

Carbon, the element with the highest melting point, melts at a temperature of 3500 °C.

Part 3

The core of the Sun is much hotter than the surface. The core is about 15,000,000 °C. Weirdly enough, the corona of the Sun (the “crown” that is visible during an eclipse) is also much hotter than the surface, reaching temperatures of millions of degrees Celsius.

See also: Earth’s Magnetic Field (videos of the auroras)

Part 4

Lunar lander as photographed by 5 different countries

The moon illusion – Andrew Vanden Heuvel (4:08)

Part 5

As you watch the following video, imagine that you are standing on the North or South pole for the entire year. What would you experience?

California Academy of Sciences – Why Do We Have Different Seasons? (4:08)

Part 6

Cubic zirconia is used as a relatively cheap diamond substitute.

You can buy meteorites (and slices of meteorites).

Part 7

The sun is truly massive. It comprises over 99.9% of the total mass of the solar system, and has a volume over 1,000,000 times larger than the volume of the Earth.

The classroom globe is about 30 cm in diameter,. According to the solar system scale calculator, a properly-scaled sun would have a diameter of over 30 meters, which means the entire classroom would be able to fit inside the model of the sun.

Worksheets

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 1

Worksheet Solutions – Birth of the Earth Part 1

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 2

Worksheet Solutions – Birth of the Earth Part 2

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 3

Worksheet Solutions – Birth of the Earth Part 3

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 4

Worksheet Solutions – Birth of the Earth Part 4

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 5

Worksheet Solutions – Birth of the Earth Part 5

Worksheet – Birth of the Earth Part 6