I watched the grades 6-8 podcast titled "Characteristics of the sun". The podcast explains that the suns mass generates the gravitational force that holds the entire solar system together. The sun is actually a star and compared to others is below average in size and temperature. Did you know you can fit over one million earths inside the sun?! Pretty interesting right. The podcast explains that the superheated gas above the suns surface is known as the corona and it is about 3,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, the earth is about 93 million miles away from the sun. That's a pretty long ways away. The most interesting part of the podcast is when it explains if one was able to ride a spaceship to the sun that travels 5 kilometers per second, it would take a little less than a year to get to the sun! That is a long time...
These k-12 podcasts are pretty cool. There are so many of them and they cover a wide range of topics. The majority of them deal with science and the solar system. However, it was interesting to see that the "Characteristics of the sun" podcast I listened to is the same for grades 6-8 as grades 9-12.
I don't really think that these podcasts, sense most of them deal with science and the solar system, can really be of use to me as a physical education teacher. However, I feel like elementary, middle school, and high school teachers could find these useful. If students are having trouble learning material dealing with science of the solar system, teachers can have them watch these to help them learn. The podcasts are clear and get the material across very well.
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Good job Matt. Your assignment was to "watch" a video podcast and your second word is "listened"???? So.....
Much better. How's the old saying go..."Say what you mean and mean what you say?" Keep up the good work.
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