Science Class
What we are doing in Science 2016
This Week
This week in Science we are learning about the atmosphere. The atmosphere is divided into 5 layers, stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, exosphere, and troposphere. We just finished learning about space and the universe and in my opinion it was pretty interesting to learn about
What we learned today
Today in Science my class had a sub teacher. We read a few pages of our Science book about the atmosphere. Then, we worked on a worksheet on the different layers of the atmosphere. Afterwords, we did a reflection about the different layers as well. At the end of class, we watched a movie called "Space Camp". It was a productive day.
Mesosphere
The Mesosphere is the closest layer to the Earth that makes weather. This is also the layer that airplanes fly on.
Stratosphere
The stratosphere is the next up the line. It is about the same apart as the Mesosphere. This is also the layer that the Ozone is in.
Troposphere
The Troposphere is the the layer that is the coldest of the layers of the atmosphere.
Themosphere
Themosphere is the thickest layer that meteor trails are at in the atmosphere. It is from 80 km to 500 km. This is also where the northern lights are.
Exosphere
Exosphere is the last layer of the atmosphere and that is where satellites normally are.
National Geographic Our Atmosphere Earth Science
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Today we watched a Bill Nye episode on the atmosphere. I was out of the room most of it but for the part I saw it was very informative. It taught us why mountains are so cold when we are on them then off them. It is because of the air pressure of the atmosphere.