Human Geo Notes

Notes Science and Technology Astronomy: Aristarchus discovered that the sun is at least 300 times larger than the Earth and that Earth and the other planets all revolve around the sun. Ptolemy disagrees with Aristarchus and says that Earth is the center of the universe- this is taught for the next fourteen centuries. Eratosthenes estimated the size of the Earth and said that he found that the Earth is a spherical shape. Mathematics and Physics Euclid wrote the book on all Geometry. This book is titled Elements. Archimedes attempted to estimate the value of pi and explain the law of the lever. The Archimedes screw is a mechanism that draws water from the ground just by turning a gigantic screw to carry water up on the ridges. Philosophy and Art Epicureanism and stoicism; founded the school of philosophy. Colossus of Rhodes - a bronze statue more than 100 feet tall. It was/is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. 150 B.C. - the Hellenistic world was in dec...

DEBATABLE.. Debatable is the word I would use to describe today's class. Today we spent almost twenty minutes debating whether the test should be tomorrow or after Spring break. After a lot of talking and voting, the class has decided to take the test after break. I really am not feeling all that well and I have a lot of notes to enter so I am going to do that at another time. I know I say that a lot but I will one of these times.

DIDN'T HAVE CLASS

CULTURE We read a couple pages today in class and I am going to incorporate the notes into my blog. So, for starters, Alexandria is the center most area of commerce for the Hellenistic culture. Alexandria had many attractions to offer which brought more and more people to the area. Some of these people included scholars who attended the famous museum and library to try to publicize their findings. The scholars in Alexandria mostly consisted of scientists who wished to pursue the mysteries of the solar system. These scientists also worked in the fields of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. Euclid was a well known mathematician in Alexandria. His book, Elements, contains all 465 geometric proofs and propositions. Archimedes of Syracuse studied at Alexandria under Euclid. Archimedes estimated the value of pi, worked with the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and explained he law of the lever.  I then ran out of time before finishing the notes so I will pick ...

NOTES We took notes today and I took a couple pages worth. I have to study for a Bio quiz tomorrow so I am going to make this quick and insert all of my notes into the blog tomorrow. Today we took notes in class on Alexander the Great and how he is the son of Philip II. Some people rushed through and took little notes and don't understand the text but I took the whole class. I will write all of my notes into my blog tomorrow because today I have many other things to do. 

PROJECTS Today we finished grading projects and then we had an off mod. Mr. Schick felt obligated to show us a video about chariot racing. It was Ben-Hur which we saw in eighth grade in Mr. White's class.  Okay that is it. 

PROJECTS Today we presented our projects to the class and gave each other grades. I believe that my trireme deserved and A and I am almost certain that everyone gave us an A. I did not memorize that many facts, however, Ben did. He told off fact after fact and I helped answer the questions so I believe that we will receive an A. After grading a few projects we ran out of time and class ended. We still have a couple more for tomorrow though.