Term 2 Showcase

On June 29 2015  was syndicate 4's showcase. Rooms 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 did their own projects and writing  for the showcase, in my class the theme was The Solar System. Preparing for the showcase was a bit tough but we got through it. My project was shared with Alex and Kathrin. here is a picture of our project.  

                     

If you want to see our plan click HERE.  
We also had to do an explanation for the showcase and here is mine.

Why Do The 8 Planets Orbit The Sun?

Why doesn't Earth and the other planets bump into each other in space? What makes all the planets orbit the Sun?

A very long time ago when the sun was young it had a rotating disk made of dust and gas. As the years went by the dust and gas from the sun’s disk ended up forming the 8 planets in our solar system. The planets inherited their motion from the sun’s rotating disk. While the planets were being formed they were also circling the Sun, like racecars on a track.

The gravity in the Sun’s atmosphere is what pulls the planets to orbit the sun in the same clockwise direction 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. All of the planets have this invisible path to follow.

Each planet takes a varying length of time to orbit the Sun.  Planets further from the Sun than Earth take longer to orbit the Sun.  Planets closer to the Sun than Earth orbit the Sun quicker. Earth takes 365 days to orbit the sun, that is how we get our year.

The sun is in the centre of our solar system.  Earth is the only planet with life, because of our perfect conditions. If Earth was any closer to the Sun water would evaporate, if Earth was any further away from the Sun, the water would freeze so Earth is in the perfecter place in the solar system.

If you want to see my plan for my Explanation click HERE.