Engineering

Engineering is one of the most important and useful jobs on every project. It is used in every aspect of life, from your PC to your refrigerator and from your dishes to your desks. Without Engineering there would be a lot more time spent and a lot more trial and error, as well as a …

WWW (World Wide Web)

The World Wide Web (WWW), commonly known as the Web, is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URL). English scientist Sir Timothy Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He wrote the first web browser in 1990 while employed at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. The terms Internet and World Wide Web are often used without much distinction. However, the two terms do …

Astronomy Review

Lesson 115 There have been a lot of things that have caught my eye in the past week of studying astronomy. I have learned about galaxies (mainly the Milky Way galaxy), black holes (my favourite), and constellations. I will run you through what I have learned. Constellations and Asterisms: Asterisms are arbitrary patterns of stars. …

My Astronomy

Lesson 105 Over the last week I have read some very interesting articles on Astronomy. Mainly on theories about how the world and the solar system began. About the Nebular Hypothesis, the supernatural beginning, the big bang theory and more. I am going to sum-up what I have learned about Nebular Hypothesis. The Nebular Hypothesis …

The Sun

Science Lesson: 97 The sun is the centre of our solar system. It is made up of 98% hydrogen and helium and 2% other heavy materials like iron and carbon.  The sun's diameter is approximately 109 earths stacked on top of one another or 865,000 miles, and it would take 1,000,000 earths to equal the …

Astronomy Week 1 Review

Science - Lesson 95 In my Astronomy lessons I have been learning about telescopes, astrophotography, and astronomers.  Here is a brief review. First I learned about what astronomy was.  Astronomy is the study of stars, planets, moons, galaxies and other objects in space.  Astronomy studies their movements, and placement in the universe.  We use those …