Asteroids, Comets, Meteorites and the Miracle of Learning

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( EN / DE ) I had the pleasure of helping my 8 year old great niece with her homework today.
Among other things, it involved reading a text about asteroids and comets and then filling in the questions.
She was not very enthusiastic about it and when I realized that she doesn't even know what the earth's atmosphere is, I took pen and paper to explain it to her.

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me: this is our earth, there is land and sea and we live on it.
she: hmmmmmmm

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me: around the earthball is air
she: no, but air is drawn like this:

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me: okay. The earth rotates around itself, this creates the earth's gravitational force and the air that is around our earth cannot fly away into space. This circle of air is the atmosphere.
she: hmmmmmmmmmmm

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me: There is no air in the universe. There is the moon, the sun and there fly asteroids (rock chunks) and comets (ice/dirt balls) around.
she: ....... (almost fell asleep)

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me: So. And! What happens, if such a chunk here ---> slams in our earth atmosphere?

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she: Yikes! What happens then?
And suddenly she was wide awake, fully with the thing and interested!

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me: they burn up when entering the atmosphere and we see them as shooting stars in the sky. And look, there it is written in your school text, they are called then no more asteroid or comet, but meteorite!
she: wow!

After her interest was aroused and she could also make herself a picture of the situation, the rest was easy. She answered all the questions herself and even read the text again with interest for some of them.

And I sat back and wondered why the teacher at school had not managed to arouse the children's interest in such an exciting subject? It's a shame, but that's how our education system works. Instead of sparking interest and understanding, most kids just have to stubbornly learn. This system is so outdated!

When I think back to my school days, the most interesting subjects were always the ones in which we had capable teachers who simply sparked our interest.

I myself can only learn if I can imagine something. I can be told a lot of things, but if I can't visualize it or if I don't take notes, I'll probably forget 90% of what is said.

It's always been that way and I always learned the most when I wrote cheat sheets ;-) because I knew those things afterwards.

So we had a fun time doing homework and I also learned something again because honestly I wasn't clear on the difference between asteroids, comets and meteors.

And about my drawing: I think I drew the direction of the moon wrong? It goes also from East to West, so this arrow should go in the other direction, one may forgive me :-)



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DEUTSCH / GERMAN

Asteroiden, Kometen, Meteoriten und das Wunder des Lernens

Ich hatte heute das Vergnügen, meiner 8 jährigen Großnichte bei den Hausaufgaben helfen zu dürfen.
Unter anderem ging es darum, einen Text über Asteroiden und Kometen zu lesen und danach die Fragen auszufüllen.
Sie war nicht sehr mit Begeisterung dabei und als mir klar wurde, dass sie ja nicht einmal weiß was die Erdatmosphäre ist, habe ich zu Stift und Papier gegriffen, um es ihr zu erklären.

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ich: das ist unsere Erde, sie ist eine Kugel mit Land und Meer und darauf leben wir.
sie: hmmmmmmm

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ich: rund um die Kugel ist Luft
sie: nein, aber Luft zeichnet man so:

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ich: okay. Die Erde dreht sich um sich selbst, dadurch entsteht die Erdanziehungskraft und die Luft, die um unsere Erde ist kann dadurch nicht ins Weltall weg fliegen. Dieser Luftkreis da ist die Atmosphäre.
sie: hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Im Universum ist keine Luft. Da ist der Mond, die Sonne und es fliegen Asteroiden (Gesteinsbrocken) und Kometen (Eis/Schmutzkugeln) herum
sie: ....... (beinahe eingeschlafen)

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ich: So. Und! Was passiert, wenn ein so ein Brocken hier ---> auf unsere Erdatmospähre knallt?

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sie: Huch! Was passiert dann?
Und plötzlich war sie hellwach, voll bei der Sache und interessiert!

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ich: sie verglühen beim Eintritt in die Atmosphäre und wir sehen sie als Sternschnuppen am Himmel. Und sieh mal, da steht es in deinem Schultext, sie heißen dann nicht mehr Asteroid oder Komet, sondern Meteorit!
sie: wow!

Nachdem ihr Interesse geweckt war und sie sich auch ein Bild von der Situation machen konnte, war der Rest ein Kinderspiel. Sie beantwortete alle Fragen selbst und las den Text bei einigen Fragen sogar noch einmal freiwillig mit Interesse.

Und ich lehnte mich zurück und fragte mich, warum die Lehrerin in der Schule es nicht geschafft hatte, das Interesse der Kinder an einem so spannenden Thema zu wecken? Es ist eine Schande, aber so funktioniert unser Bildungssystem. Anstatt Interesse und Verständnis zu wecken, müssen die meisten Kinder einfach nur stur lernen. Dieses System ist so veraltet!

Wenn ich an meine Schulzeit zurückdenke, waren die interessantesten Fächer immer die, in denen wir fähige Lehrer hatten, die einfach unser Interesse geweckt hatten.

Ich selbst kann nur lernen, wenn ich mir etwas vorstellen kann. Man kann mir viel erzählen, aber wenn ich es mir nicht bildlich vorstellen kann oder wenn ich mir keine Notizen mache, dann vergesse ich wahrscheinlich 90% des Gesagten wieder.

Das war schon immer so und ich habe immer am meisten gelernt, wenn ich Spickzettel geschrieben habe ;-) weil ich diese Dinge danach wusste.

So hatten wir also eine lustige Zeit beim Hausaufgaben machen und ich habe auch wieder etwas gelernt, denn ehrlich gesagt war mir der Unterschied zwischen Asteroiden, Kometen und Meteoriten nicht klar.

Und zu meiner Zeichnung: Ich glaube, ich habe die Richtung des Mondes falsch eingezeichnet? Er geht ja auch von Ost nach West, also müsste dieser Pfeil in die andere Richtung gehen, man möge mir verzeihen :-)

Wie immer hoffe ich, dass euch mein Posting gefallen hat und vielleicht konnte der ein oder andere heute ja auch etwas Neues über unser Unisversum lernen :-) Eure B.



As always I hope you enjoyed my posting and maybe you too could learn something new about our universe :-) Yours, B.

photos and drawings by @beeber
mostly Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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Can you use the stem tag? It's for science, math, education and technology. When u update let me know, I will curate.

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Hi @dlmmqb okay, didnt know about this stem tag, its added now. Thank you for for this tip, its edited now.

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Thank you. I know there are too many tags and we can't remember them all but we must also remember tribe tokens can increase our gains. Thanks for editing.

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That thing you said about imagination. Totally on point. I was never a lover of science but the time I read about earth, satellites, stars, the milky way and the way the galaxy works, it was all me. Yep. The education system definitely is complacent. What I read because I trusted in my vivid imagination is something I haven't forgotten

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Hi @deraaa yes it's all about catching their interest and let them be creative and imaginating things their own way I guess. And thats what makes a good teacher.

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Thank you and @dlmmqb
I see there is still a lot to learn for me concerning the tags and token world

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Ahhh... space is the best! My little one is wanting to learn about how frogs jump! Love their curious minds!

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Frogs are as great as stars :-) its fascinating how quick they learn when interested. Hmm, frogs... wasnt there something thats not only the muscles but also the strings (is this the right english word?) Wich makes those frog and cat jumps possible.

Ah and thank you once again for the lucky number! I am too far behind in answering everything and think I missed out to thank you for !LUV

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Hmmm, I will have to look into that! I know nothing about frogs!

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You must be an amazing teacher because this is amazing, especially the drawings.

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Thank you @khaleesii :-) hm, not sure if I am a good teacher but we had fun with this topic

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You definitely are from the looks of it.

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Teaching these days lack credibility. Teachers are no longer interested in sparking interest of the students. A lot of students end up cramming because that is the only way they can pass their exams since they do not understand the topic. If only teachers make teaching fun, students won't need to read much to pass.

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Yes thereby it would be so important, to call the students interest and awake their sense for exploration!
thanks for stopping by

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That is extremely interesting @beeber, I even really enjoyed it. I had teachers in school that were extremely boring, especially in the subjects like history. Most of them except for my 7th grade English teacher, Miss Robertson. I was infatuated with her lol. She looked more like a hot teenage girl than the 25 year old she was. And then, who could concentrate on English??? Hahahahahahahahaha!!! But i did lurn Inglish prety good dipsite dat lol.
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Haha, you made me laugh James! this 25 year old .. very old old teacher !LOL
but this is the way we felt it is at this age!

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Hi, beeber! I'm glad you had fun with your niece. Children are like sponges for learning, but as long as you awaken their interest, it is unfortunate that many teachers don't get to that when they should be the first.

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Yes they are like sponges the moment their interest awakes :-)

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nice sweet post. recently i have been wondering about the atmosphere around the earth contra the lack of air in space. is gravity really strong enough to keep the air from dissipating into space. seems unlikely

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This is just amazing my fellow night owl beeber!
Learning should be fun, if kids indeed if anyone is having fun then they will want to learn.
I was enthralled teacher beeber!

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You've been a teacher?

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I have lectured at university once upon a time!

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ho ho, wich topic? I hope nothing about Asteroids / Meteorits ... or about owls? ;-)

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