Intergalactic Planetary

In this project, a partner and I were given the challenge of observing a phenomenon our solar system and being able to describe why it exists. We were also given the challenge to predict a certain aspect about an imaginary planet given to us by the planet specs.

In our first model, we chose to observe the amount of moons each planet had and determine why they had that many. At the end we were also challenged to predict the amount of moons an imaginary planet would have. The link to our document and the link to our presentation can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1USrQdcMXJa_I7BD_HZvv5JlzhcF19ag177WmeHDuj6o/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ziu2zDiEvUpW6fWJrRAtgIsHB2avvpNZ1DQBIBiij5s/edit?usp=sharing

In our second model, we explained how each phenomenon can be observed and if an aspect of the planet was changed, what would happen. We also calculated our weight, and the orbital period of imaginary planets around our sun. The link to our document can be found here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/16eILrkJx7lE_vOtxLRspFHpqZoPTUYU_rqnd1lm4TWE/edit?usp=sharing

During this unit, we learned about the force of gravity, orbital periods, phenomenons in our solar system, surface temperature, the inverse square law, and other concepts necessary to understanding the solar system and universe.

Two things I did well this project was communicating well with my partner and really understanding and researching aspects of this unit that I didn't understand at first and at the end of this project, I understood it thoroughly. We divvyed up the work and communicated our questions with each other efficiently and well.

Two things I could have done better are getting deeper in the math aspect of our moon project. My partner did complicated math that I didn't understand fully and I should have reached out to him and asked him to explain it to me. I also could have been more curious about the concepts I was passionate about and have more questions for our material to understand it all.