Wednesday, March 25, 2009

COPERNICUS





1) COPERNICUS WAS BORN IN 1473 AND DIED IN 1543.


2) HE WAS HELIOCENTRIC


3) COPERNICUS WAS THE FOUNDER OF MODERN ASTRONOMY


http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm

POPE GREGORY



1) Pope Grewgory XII was born in 1502 and died in 1585.

2) He was heliocentric.

3) In 1584 he was made a cardinal, he reformed the calender because of his belief in Easter and did many other public works.

Monday, March 23, 2009

NEWTON









1) Newton was born in 1642 and died in 1727.




2) Newton was Geocentric



3) Newton discovered the 3 laws of motion know as Newton's Laws. He also presented 4 rules for scientific reasoning.


http://scrienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/newton.html

KEPLER








1) Kepler was born in 1571 and died in 1630.


2) Kepler was heliocentric


3) Kepler invented log books that he used for calculating planets positions. He also came up with theories involving astronomy.


http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_johannes_kepler.htm

GALILEO



1) Galileo was born in 1564 and died in 1642

2) He was the father of modern science. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus and the discovery of the 4 largest satellites of Jupiter.

3) Galileo was heliocentric

HIPPARCHUS



1) Hipparchus was born in 190 BC and died in 120 BC.

2) Hipparchus was geocentric.

3) Greek astronmer and mathematician who compiled the first known star catelog.

4) http://abyss.voregon.edu/~js/glossary/hipparchus.html

ARISTOTLE






  • 1) Aristotle was born in 384 BC and died in 322 BC.


2) Aristlotle was geocentric.


3) Aristotle made models of the universe


http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Tom/AristotleAstro.html

Friday, March 20, 2009

About Me

I am 18 years old and I live on a farm outside of Greeley, IA. I have one sister Brooke who is 16.

I play basketball, football and baseball. I have been named to the honorable mention all comference team in basketball the last 2 years and made it to state last year. In baseball I was named 2nd team all district last season. I was 3rd in the state in class 3A in homeruns with 12. I was on the state championship team 2007. In football I was a 1st team all district selection as a Wide Receiver. I finished my career 4th in school history in receptions.

In my spare time I like to hunt, play sports, play video games and just have fun