Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!

Subject: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: NancyZ
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:27 PM

Hi Folks, Any amatuer astronomy buffs out there who would know why Saturn has so many colors? I know it is yellow because of all the sulfur in the atmosphere, but what about the other colors? Have had no luck searching the internet. Any Brilliant Mudcatters out there who can help me help my 3rd grader??? Yours in astromomy, Nancy

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:39 PM

Does this site click here help?

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: sophocleese
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:39 PM

Umm I'm not sure how mush information you can find on the whole site for Saturn but if you're interested in Astronomy you can look at this site. Its the one I have for my page of the day.

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:42 PM

Here's another that looks really cool.... Click

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: bill\sables
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:44 PM

Duane D is quite a buff with the astronomy thing. You could send him a PM I'm sure he would be pleased to help.
Bill

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 08:50 PM

sophoclese, I love it! Mush information.......(not like I have never done a typo.....)Does your mush refer to dogs or cornmeal? (hee hee hee)

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 09:28 AM

Main thing I know about Saturn is that they make pretty good cars.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 11:40 AM

Third grade?!? Sheesh! I sympathize, actually. As a librarian, I've seen parents trying to find age-appropriate information for kindergarteners on things like pineapples. I'd advise (surprise, here) going to the library and getting a kid-level book on Saturn. I don't know what country you're in, but if it's the USA, Seymour Simon's book would be my first choice, even though it's about fifth grade reading level. Trouble is, if scientists don't know something like this, the author/s of this sort of book usually don't say that we don't know yet. If the information isn't in a more or less age appropriate book, then let the teacher know, either in a note or in the child's acutal report.
After all, isn't the reason kids get report assignments, besides finding out about Saturn, to teach them how to find out stuff? (Call it developing research skills, if you have to be formal about it) You're a good, loving parent, but the child should do the work . After all, you went to third grade a while ago, it's the kid's turn now.
I don't mean to grump at *You*, but I've seen too many report assignments where the teachers didn't find out if the kids could actually find what they needed for the report. And I've seen too many moms who got into the habit of finding the stuff for the kid - not just picking up a book or two, but doing the research, and sometimes the actual writing - and this habit continued into high school, and even into college, for some. The kids didn't learn anything, except perhaps how to have an executive secretary. I know you're too smart to end up with That fate, Nancy! (Thanks for letting me erupt.)

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 11:59 AM

Good point 'Fox. Can I erupt a bit on the other side?

Michael is in first grade and we've had plenty of other kids at the grade school level and I'm honestly wondering how I manged to get through the entire school system. Perhaps its because of Ohio's testing program, but these kids are supposed to be doing things that I never did at the same level. Some of Mike's homework assignments are pretty advanced for a first grader and his spelling words are way beyond what I recall having at that age.

Out of curiosity, from where you are and the job you do, are you seeing this too?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Total BS! Homework Help on Saturn!
From: mousethief
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 12:08 PM

Spaw, I can't speak to first graders, but I know that my junior-high-school stepdaughter is doing stuff that I never did in high school, even. Some of the assignments she's given are downright college level from my POV. And all the kids have so much homework they have no time for social lives except on the weekend. I seem to remember a lot of playing outside, board games when it was winter, etc. These kids are doing homework, homework, homework all the time.

(And no, they're not stupid, they're all honor students.)

Alex