Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Giant manta ray born in captivity

What I thought amazing is the gestation period about a year . Wow.

Photo in the News: First Giant Manta Ray Born in Captivity

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070618-manta-ray.html

(E.O.A.S1) Compare using fractions the gestation periods of the manta, with a human and 3 other animals. Draw a related graph .

Heaven's Above

Heaven's above is a multipurpose astronomy-space site. Comets, space shuttle watch , star charts and more. Just register (free) set your coordinates and enjoy the stars and more
Students will
06/19/2007 (E.O.A.S1) Learn to log into the site and utilize features.
06/19/2007 (E.O.A.S2) Find the sky on this date or current. Print out. Find night/day you were born. Compare and contrast each.


http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?satid=25544&Session=kebgcbklcfkgfakoicgpjcfk

see both the Atlantis orbiter and the ISS flying across the sky

If you have clear skies, there will be a few opportunities to see both the Atlantis orbiter and the ISS flying across the sky from many locations.
See the two largest orbiting space vehicles in the sky at the same time.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/atlantis-space-shuttle-mission/20070608190509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

This "applet" uses up-to-the-minute data from Mission Control to project the path the spacecraft will make across the sky.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

Use your telescope for close up looks

Let me know if you see it.