It was a pleasure to be a part of Group 8 and I wish everyone much success. I think our project turned out great!
Don't forget to be creative...
Patricia
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thank You Note
Ms. Bobbie and Ms. Davidson
Good Afternoon,
Group 8 would like to thank you both for your flexibility and support of creative ideas.
Earlier this semester Group 8 requested permission to use new software that BCCC does not yet share compatibility. You demonstrated how to "think outside the box" and came up with a creative way to make our request work.
Unfortunately, because the company with the software is very small and the technical person (and owner) had a death in the family he was not available to assist with getting the software running on our system. Apparently, he has been away from work for about a month so far.
Even though we were not able to explore this innovative option we still appreciate that you were willing to give us the opportunity to try.
Your grateful students.
Group 8
Good Afternoon,
Group 8 would like to thank you both for your flexibility and support of creative ideas.
Earlier this semester Group 8 requested permission to use new software that BCCC does not yet share compatibility. You demonstrated how to "think outside the box" and came up with a creative way to make our request work.
Unfortunately, because the company with the software is very small and the technical person (and owner) had a death in the family he was not available to assist with getting the software running on our system. Apparently, he has been away from work for about a month so far.
Even though we were not able to explore this innovative option we still appreciate that you were willing to give us the opportunity to try.
Your grateful students.
Group 8
Hey all
I submitted the slides I had again via e-mail. If anyone has any questions feel free to call or e-mail.
Thanks
Brenda
Thanks
Brenda
Draft 3
Morning everyone,
I sent over Draft 3. Please check your email for updated information and some items that need to be coordinated.
Have a great Friday, talk with you soon.
Patricia
I sent over Draft 3. Please check your email for updated information and some items that need to be coordinated.
Have a great Friday, talk with you soon.
Patricia
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Drafts
Hi,
Just wanted to let everyone know that I emailed a draft of the presentation earlier today and a second draft about a miniute ago. If all of the data is entered and the design is finalized this can definitely be finished up on Friday so everyone has a chance to take a final look and make last revisions.
Don't forget to check your in-box on BB Vista.
Thanks.
Pat
Just wanted to let everyone know that I emailed a draft of the presentation earlier today and a second draft about a miniute ago. If all of the data is entered and the design is finalized this can definitely be finished up on Friday so everyone has a chance to take a final look and make last revisions.
Don't forget to check your in-box on BB Vista.
Thanks.
Pat
Presentation
Hi everyone,
Okay, I don't have classes today so I'm putting together powerpoint slides using the information that is posted on the blog and what Andrew emailed.
Later today I will email what I have to each of you for review. It would be great to get some feedback on the format, template, content etc.
As for the animation portion of the project the tech person from the software company is still out of town (received an email yesterday) and not expected back until the end of the week.
Obviously we cannot wait for that to happen so I am moving forward. Last night I sent the software company another email explaining our situation and deadline and I will give them a call later to see if anything has changed. At this point even if they get it working i'm not sure I will have time to learn the software and add it to our project by Saturday. Do you think i should explain the situation to Ms. Bobbie and ask for an extension until Monday?
Even without the animation we have a nice project. Of course I am very disappointed about the software but I believe that between the blog and the Powerpoint presentation we should be fine.
I am available any afternoon/evening to meet in person or on-line.
Pat
Okay, I don't have classes today so I'm putting together powerpoint slides using the information that is posted on the blog and what Andrew emailed.
Later today I will email what I have to each of you for review. It would be great to get some feedback on the format, template, content etc.
As for the animation portion of the project the tech person from the software company is still out of town (received an email yesterday) and not expected back until the end of the week.
Obviously we cannot wait for that to happen so I am moving forward. Last night I sent the software company another email explaining our situation and deadline and I will give them a call later to see if anything has changed. At this point even if they get it working i'm not sure I will have time to learn the software and add it to our project by Saturday. Do you think i should explain the situation to Ms. Bobbie and ask for an extension until Monday?
Even without the animation we have a nice project. Of course I am very disappointed about the software but I believe that between the blog and the Powerpoint presentation we should be fine.
I am available any afternoon/evening to meet in person or on-line.
Pat
Monday, April 26, 2010
assignment due soon...
Okay I am a little confused and I want to see if everyone is one the same page. This assignment is due on saturday. Does everyone have their info to put together? How are we putting this together? I don't want to wait until the end of the week and then we are missing things. I just want to make sure we have everything ready to submit. If anyone could please respond and fill me in. Thanks .
Brenda
Brenda
Alfred Wegener - Geologist
Wegener, Alfred – Geologist
Andrew Memolo
INTG285 – Spring 2010
You’ve already learned about Alfred Wegener’s doctorate in Astronomy, and eventual Fellowship in Meteorology. Now, let’s learn about Wegener the Theorist, Geologist, Visionary and all around creative genius. Beginning in 1909 Wegener took a job lecturing on meteorology and astronomy at Marburg University in Germany. Both professors and students alike were impressed with his incredible ability to simplify complex concepts within his teachings. Making science easy for all to understand. (1)
Wegener, never having any formal training as a Geologist, wasn’t readily accepted by the geological community and they never looked upon him as a member of their community or having any credibility to discuss such things are continents and their makeup. They considered him a star gazer and storm chaser, but not a man with extensive knowledge of rocks like they had. It was mostly for these very reasons that scientists dismissed and ridiculed Wegener and his theory of a Super-Continent. The very idea he is most known for today. Fortunately, this creative mind didn’t take this shunning to heart and pushed through with his research.
As far back as 1910, Wegener once wrote to his wife; “Doesn’t the east coast of South America fit exactly against the west coast of Africa, as if they had once been joined?” It was this creative thinking that got him into some hot water not only with the geology community, but with his father-in-law as well who was Germany’s leading meteorologist who felt Wegener was wasting his time. But again, Wegener didn’t give up; he pushed forward and researched as much as he possibly could.
Research that eventually lead him to discover some scientific papers that had been written years before with a similar theory in part that Africa and South America has once been joined, citing identical fossils found on both lands. Wegener continued his search for similar published works to help support his theory of a super-continent. (2)
Wegener’s theory consisted of beliefs that continents are moving apart. Wegener theorized that since the continents themselves and the sea floor had different density, had continent sized land bridges existed, which was popular belief at the time, and had broken away from the continents, and somehow been forced to the ocean bottom, they would have risen back to the surface.
He had argued that since there is evidence that the continents were once connected somehow and evidence that fossils on both sides are similar, it only stood to reason that the only logical alternative was that the continents themselves once had been joined and had have now drifted apart.
According to Wegener, had mountains been formed by the Earth shrinking, why weren’t mountains all over the place? He argued that mountains existed in narrow bands and were usually found near the edges of continents.
Wegener twice presented his radical theory of Pangea or All Lands, publicly in 1912, once to a group of German Geologists and second to the Society for the Advancement of Natural Science. When questioned, “Utter damned Rot!” exclaimed the President of the American Philosophical Society. (3) Most scientists in 1912 were shocked that anyone would dare to make such a statement of insanity and nonsense. After all, he was only trying to change everything they had ever believed in for many years and more importantly, he wasn’t even considered a member of their elite groups, let alone the fact he was barely 30 years old. Back at the turn of the last century, scholars believed you needed to be at least forty to be considered educated enough to be respected and have your theories be considered.
Wegener wasn’t the first scientist to come up with this type of theory, many creative thinkers and scientists speculated on a single continent. Take for example; Sir Francis Bacon in the early 1600’s observed the strange similarities of the coasts of Africa and South America. (4) Even closer to Wegner’s life, in the late 1700’s, our own Benjamin Franklin proposed that the crust of the Earth was a shell floating on a fluid interior much like an egg. "Thus the surface of the globe would be capable of being broken and distorted by the violent movements of the fluids on which it rested". (5)
Wegener lectured that South American and African mountain ranges and coal deposits run uninterrupted across both continents. It was this discovery of consistent natural resources on both sides of the ocean that allowed Wegener to place a time period on which Pangea existed which is the Paleozoic Era, which lasted from about 453 to 248 million years ago. This era of Earth’s life is slightly before the better known Jurassic period and is when coal and limestone deposits were formed. (6)
Even with so much of his scientific proof, many scientists rejected his theory of Continental Drift and plate movement. It was not until the early 1960s, when geologist Harry H. Hess and oceanographer Robert S. Dietz developed the theory of the seafloor spreading that Wegener's theory gained acceptance. Like many creative thinkers, vindication doesn’t come until many, many years after their death. If you strongly believe in something, don’t let go and keep working heard to prove yourself right. Don’t give up, because some day, some one will agree with you and provide you the necessary means to come out on top!
MLA Citations:
(1) “Alfred Wegener – Biography”, Healey, Christina, 2006, Alfred Wegener
Background Information on Wegener
(2) Hughes, Patrick. "The Meteorologist Who Started a Revolution," Vol. 47, Weatherwise, 1 April 1994, pp 29.
Information about Wegener, in part, how he got his start in further researching Pangea
(3) De Villiers , Marq, “The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human”, New York, Jacobus Communications corps, 2008
Book on the end of the world.
(4) Kearey, Philip, Vine, Fredrick J. “Global Tectonics”, Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing Company
Scientific book about earth’s tectonic plates.
(5) Franklin, Benjamin; Franklin, William Temple; Duane, William, “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin” Volume 2, McCarty & Davis, Philadelphia, PA, 1834
Ben Franklin’s writing, memories, etc.
(6) Palmer , A.R.; Geissman, J.; “The Paleozoic Era 543 to 248 Million Years Ago”, University of Berkeley, Nov. 2002 April 12, 2010 (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleozoic/paleozoic.html)
University website discussing each of Earth’s scientific eras.
Andrew Memolo
INTG285 – Spring 2010
You’ve already learned about Alfred Wegener’s doctorate in Astronomy, and eventual Fellowship in Meteorology. Now, let’s learn about Wegener the Theorist, Geologist, Visionary and all around creative genius. Beginning in 1909 Wegener took a job lecturing on meteorology and astronomy at Marburg University in Germany. Both professors and students alike were impressed with his incredible ability to simplify complex concepts within his teachings. Making science easy for all to understand. (1)
Wegener, never having any formal training as a Geologist, wasn’t readily accepted by the geological community and they never looked upon him as a member of their community or having any credibility to discuss such things are continents and their makeup. They considered him a star gazer and storm chaser, but not a man with extensive knowledge of rocks like they had. It was mostly for these very reasons that scientists dismissed and ridiculed Wegener and his theory of a Super-Continent. The very idea he is most known for today. Fortunately, this creative mind didn’t take this shunning to heart and pushed through with his research.
As far back as 1910, Wegener once wrote to his wife; “Doesn’t the east coast of South America fit exactly against the west coast of Africa, as if they had once been joined?” It was this creative thinking that got him into some hot water not only with the geology community, but with his father-in-law as well who was Germany’s leading meteorologist who felt Wegener was wasting his time. But again, Wegener didn’t give up; he pushed forward and researched as much as he possibly could.
Research that eventually lead him to discover some scientific papers that had been written years before with a similar theory in part that Africa and South America has once been joined, citing identical fossils found on both lands. Wegener continued his search for similar published works to help support his theory of a super-continent. (2)
Wegener’s theory consisted of beliefs that continents are moving apart. Wegener theorized that since the continents themselves and the sea floor had different density, had continent sized land bridges existed, which was popular belief at the time, and had broken away from the continents, and somehow been forced to the ocean bottom, they would have risen back to the surface.
He had argued that since there is evidence that the continents were once connected somehow and evidence that fossils on both sides are similar, it only stood to reason that the only logical alternative was that the continents themselves once had been joined and had have now drifted apart.
According to Wegener, had mountains been formed by the Earth shrinking, why weren’t mountains all over the place? He argued that mountains existed in narrow bands and were usually found near the edges of continents.
Wegener twice presented his radical theory of Pangea or All Lands, publicly in 1912, once to a group of German Geologists and second to the Society for the Advancement of Natural Science. When questioned, “Utter damned Rot!” exclaimed the President of the American Philosophical Society. (3) Most scientists in 1912 were shocked that anyone would dare to make such a statement of insanity and nonsense. After all, he was only trying to change everything they had ever believed in for many years and more importantly, he wasn’t even considered a member of their elite groups, let alone the fact he was barely 30 years old. Back at the turn of the last century, scholars believed you needed to be at least forty to be considered educated enough to be respected and have your theories be considered.
Wegener wasn’t the first scientist to come up with this type of theory, many creative thinkers and scientists speculated on a single continent. Take for example; Sir Francis Bacon in the early 1600’s observed the strange similarities of the coasts of Africa and South America. (4) Even closer to Wegner’s life, in the late 1700’s, our own Benjamin Franklin proposed that the crust of the Earth was a shell floating on a fluid interior much like an egg. "Thus the surface of the globe would be capable of being broken and distorted by the violent movements of the fluids on which it rested". (5)
Wegener lectured that South American and African mountain ranges and coal deposits run uninterrupted across both continents. It was this discovery of consistent natural resources on both sides of the ocean that allowed Wegener to place a time period on which Pangea existed which is the Paleozoic Era, which lasted from about 453 to 248 million years ago. This era of Earth’s life is slightly before the better known Jurassic period and is when coal and limestone deposits were formed. (6)
Even with so much of his scientific proof, many scientists rejected his theory of Continental Drift and plate movement. It was not until the early 1960s, when geologist Harry H. Hess and oceanographer Robert S. Dietz developed the theory of the seafloor spreading that Wegener's theory gained acceptance. Like many creative thinkers, vindication doesn’t come until many, many years after their death. If you strongly believe in something, don’t let go and keep working heard to prove yourself right. Don’t give up, because some day, some one will agree with you and provide you the necessary means to come out on top!
MLA Citations:
(1) “Alfred Wegener – Biography”, Healey, Christina, 2006, Alfred Wegener
Background Information on Wegener
(2) Hughes, Patrick. "The Meteorologist Who Started a Revolution," Vol. 47, Weatherwise, 1 April 1994, pp 29.
Information about Wegener, in part, how he got his start in further researching Pangea
(3) De Villiers , Marq, “The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human”, New York, Jacobus Communications corps, 2008
Book on the end of the world.
(4) Kearey, Philip, Vine, Fredrick J. “Global Tectonics”, Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing Company
Scientific book about earth’s tectonic plates.
(5) Franklin, Benjamin; Franklin, William Temple; Duane, William, “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin” Volume 2, McCarty & Davis, Philadelphia, PA, 1834
Ben Franklin’s writing, memories, etc.
(6) Palmer , A.R.; Geissman, J.; “The Paleozoic Era 543 to 248 Million Years Ago”, University of Berkeley, Nov. 2002 April 12, 2010 (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleozoic/paleozoic.html)
University website discussing each of Earth’s scientific eras.
group meeting???
yes, I do agree we should come online and chat and figure how to put our work together....if not possible then we can meet up on either tuesday or thursday like we did the last time... because untill i remember i know we are are free around 5 on tuesday or thursday???/
What do you all think???
What do you all think???
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Software update
Hello everyone,
I wanted to let everyone know what is going on from my end. The people who own VoxProxy (a married couple) had a death in the family and have been out of town for about a month. This is why I haven't been able to get the tech support I needed. However, they are back and I have been calling and emailing them. Hopefully, I will be able to reach someone on Monday. In the meantime I have been putting together some slides with different features. Just to get us started I can put the info I have and pull some info from the blog onto some sites then email the file to everyone for review.
Let me know what you think...
Pat
I wanted to let everyone know what is going on from my end. The people who own VoxProxy (a married couple) had a death in the family and have been out of town for about a month. This is why I haven't been able to get the tech support I needed. However, they are back and I have been calling and emailing them. Hopefully, I will be able to reach someone on Monday. In the meantime I have been putting together some slides with different features. Just to get us started I can put the info I have and pull some info from the blog onto some sites then email the file to everyone for review.
Let me know what you think...
Pat
We're one week from the due date....
Hey everyone; I was wondering if anyone has any idea on how to put this all together? We've have about a week left. BlackBoard Vista has a chat function we can use to discuss what's left to do and how to get it done. I think trying to get us al together for a face to face meeting is difficult. The online chat is a great alternative.
Let me know as soon as you can, I don't want to wait til the last minute.
Thanks;
Drew
Let me know as soon as you can, I don't want to wait til the last minute.
Thanks;
Drew
Who opposed Alfred Wegener and Why?
At first Alfred Wegener's idea about continental drift were rejected. It was not until the 1960's where scientists began to except his ideas. One of the largest geographic association called "American Association of Petroleum Geologists" criticized his ideas. His father-in- law who was a famous meteorologist also criticize his ideas. Geophysicists and American geologists such as George Gaylord Simpson and sir Harold Jeffrey also rejected his ideas about continental drift.
They first rejected him because he was not able to find an adequate mechanism to explain continental drift. Later, when he suggested two mechanisms such as "Pohlflucht" which means "flight from the poles," explains why continents seemed to drift towards the equator. Another mechanism was that explained that the tidal force was moving the continents. Even after having those mechanisms, his ideas were disapproved. These people rejected Alfred Wegener's ideas because they thought that the tidal force was too weak to move the continents. Alfred Wegener's lack of age and lack of experience in geology was another reason why his hypothesis was rejected.
After Wegener's death scientists started to accept his hypothesis. Geologists like Harry Hammond Hess found proof of accepting the concept of continental drift. He proposed an idea of seafloor spreading. Paleomagnetism was developed in the 1950s which showed "that rocks in different continents appeared to have different directions of magnetization, as if continents had drifted apart from each other." His ideas of seafloor explains that "the ocean floor is constantly being created at underwater ridges in the middle of the oceans, spreading outwards, and being consumed in trenches underneath the continents." At last in the 1960s the continental drift had began to be accepted by the entire earth science community. It took a lot of time for Wegener's hypothesis to become the foundation for a revolution for geologist, but it was accepted later.
They first rejected him because he was not able to find an adequate mechanism to explain continental drift. Later, when he suggested two mechanisms such as "Pohlflucht" which means "flight from the poles," explains why continents seemed to drift towards the equator. Another mechanism was that explained that the tidal force was moving the continents. Even after having those mechanisms, his ideas were disapproved. These people rejected Alfred Wegener's ideas because they thought that the tidal force was too weak to move the continents. Alfred Wegener's lack of age and lack of experience in geology was another reason why his hypothesis was rejected.
After Wegener's death scientists started to accept his hypothesis. Geologists like Harry Hammond Hess found proof of accepting the concept of continental drift. He proposed an idea of seafloor spreading. Paleomagnetism was developed in the 1950s which showed "that rocks in different continents appeared to have different directions of magnetization, as if continents had drifted apart from each other." His ideas of seafloor explains that "the ocean floor is constantly being created at underwater ridges in the middle of the oceans, spreading outwards, and being consumed in trenches underneath the continents." At last in the 1960s the continental drift had began to be accepted by the entire earth science community. It took a lot of time for Wegener's hypothesis to become the foundation for a revolution for geologist, but it was accepted later.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Meteorology continue...
The one citation I listed was wrong. I got it from an earth observatory site, but really the author is Patrick Hughes.
The sources I used were the following:
Hughes, Patrick. Alfred Wegener. Earth Observatory. 1 April 2010.
Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving Continents. U.S. Geological Survey. 9 April 2010.
Wegener, Alfred (1880-1930). Enotes. 01 April 2010.
I am waiting on a book, but I am not sure if I'll receive it before our assignment is due.
A few more facts I thought we could use are:
"Wegener was one of the first to realize that an understanding of how the Earth works required input and knowledge from all the earth sciences" (USGS).
Disa :: Critics of Alfred were his father-in-law which I think I mentioned to you before and geologists such as Sir Harold Jeffreys and George Gaylord Simpson. If you check out the article from enotes it mentions them.
How is everyone doing with their research? Does anyone need any help, if so please feel free to let me know.
Brenda
The sources I used were the following:
Hughes, Patrick. Alfred Wegener. Earth Observatory. 1 April 2010.
Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving Continents. U.S. Geological Survey. 9 April 2010.
Wegener, Alfred (1880-1930). Enotes. 01 April 2010.
I am waiting on a book, but I am not sure if I'll receive it before our assignment is due.
A few more facts I thought we could use are:
"Wegener was one of the first to realize that an understanding of how the Earth works required input and knowledge from all the earth sciences" (USGS).
Disa :: Critics of Alfred were his father-in-law which I think I mentioned to you before and geologists such as Sir Harold Jeffreys and George Gaylord Simpson. If you check out the article from enotes it mentions them.
How is everyone doing with their research? Does anyone need any help, if so please feel free to let me know.
Brenda
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Meterology Portion
I typed all the info I found. Some of it is out out of order then how we would use it. For instance I talked about his four trips to Greendland, but he died on his fourth trip and that would go at the end of our presentation.
In 1904, Alfred Wegener received a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Berlin. Alfred Wegener left the astronomy field because he preferred meteorology. Alfred was fascinated with the science of weather. During his time there were rapid advances occurring in storm tracking and forecasting that intrigued Alfred such as the telegraph and Atlantic cable. In 1905, Wegener studied the upper atmosphere with kites and balloons at the Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory. In 1906, Alfred and his brother Kurt set a world record in an international balloon contest by flying fifty-two hours straight.
Thanks to his upper-air work, Wegener fulfilled his childhood dream by being invited to join a voyage to Greenland that would consist of four trips. His first trip he was selected as an official meteorologist for a Danish expedition to Northern Greenland from 1906-1908. He was thrilled to explore the Artic. During his first trip, he used kites and tethered balloons to study the polar atmosphere. In 1912, Wegener returned to Greenland again to study glaciology and climatology. This time the trip was a four-man voyage and very dangerous. They were the first group of people to survive a winter on the ice cap. In the spring that followed they made the longest crossing across the ice cap ever made on foot, making it through 750 miles of snow and ice rising 10,000 feet in elevation. Wegener collected volumes of scientific data on his trip.
After returning from Greenland, he received a job teaching meteorology at the University of Marburg. His lectures were extremely popular among students because he explained difficult concepts in easy terms. At the age of thirty, Alfred Wegener published a textbook titled The Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere. It became a standard textbook throughout Germany and consisted of all his lectures as well as the modern theory on the origins of precipitation. A well-known Russian climatologist named Alexander Woeikoff claimed “a new star has risen” after reading Wegener’s text (Earth Observatory).
Proceeding his service in World War I, Alfred succeeded his father-in-law as the director of the meteorological research department of the Marine Observatory. At the Marine Observatory he conducted experiments to reproduce lunar craters by throwing projectiles at various ground substances. This demonstrated craters were probably the result of impact rather than having a volcanic origin. He continued to analyze data from his trips to Greenland and observe the meteorological phenomena. In 1930, he went to Greenland again as a leader of the expedition sailing from Copenhagen to Greenland. His final trip to Greenland was on November 1, 1930. Alfred and others went to celebrate his fiftieth birthday at a camp in the center of the Greenland ice cap and unfortunately Alfred died later that day.
In 1926, Alfred Wegener was given a professorship in meteorology and geophysics at the University of Graz. He established himself as one of the world’s leading experts on polar meteorology and glaciology.
In 1904, Alfred Wegener received a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Berlin. Alfred Wegener left the astronomy field because he preferred meteorology. Alfred was fascinated with the science of weather. During his time there were rapid advances occurring in storm tracking and forecasting that intrigued Alfred such as the telegraph and Atlantic cable. In 1905, Wegener studied the upper atmosphere with kites and balloons at the Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory. In 1906, Alfred and his brother Kurt set a world record in an international balloon contest by flying fifty-two hours straight.
Thanks to his upper-air work, Wegener fulfilled his childhood dream by being invited to join a voyage to Greenland that would consist of four trips. His first trip he was selected as an official meteorologist for a Danish expedition to Northern Greenland from 1906-1908. He was thrilled to explore the Artic. During his first trip, he used kites and tethered balloons to study the polar atmosphere. In 1912, Wegener returned to Greenland again to study glaciology and climatology. This time the trip was a four-man voyage and very dangerous. They were the first group of people to survive a winter on the ice cap. In the spring that followed they made the longest crossing across the ice cap ever made on foot, making it through 750 miles of snow and ice rising 10,000 feet in elevation. Wegener collected volumes of scientific data on his trip.
After returning from Greenland, he received a job teaching meteorology at the University of Marburg. His lectures were extremely popular among students because he explained difficult concepts in easy terms. At the age of thirty, Alfred Wegener published a textbook titled The Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere. It became a standard textbook throughout Germany and consisted of all his lectures as well as the modern theory on the origins of precipitation. A well-known Russian climatologist named Alexander Woeikoff claimed “a new star has risen” after reading Wegener’s text (Earth Observatory).
Proceeding his service in World War I, Alfred succeeded his father-in-law as the director of the meteorological research department of the Marine Observatory. At the Marine Observatory he conducted experiments to reproduce lunar craters by throwing projectiles at various ground substances. This demonstrated craters were probably the result of impact rather than having a volcanic origin. He continued to analyze data from his trips to Greenland and observe the meteorological phenomena. In 1930, he went to Greenland again as a leader of the expedition sailing from Copenhagen to Greenland. His final trip to Greenland was on November 1, 1930. Alfred and others went to celebrate his fiftieth birthday at a camp in the center of the Greenland ice cap and unfortunately Alfred died later that day.
In 1926, Alfred Wegener was given a professorship in meteorology and geophysics at the University of Graz. He established himself as one of the world’s leading experts on polar meteorology and glaciology.
Awards and Honors
If anyone crosses any awards or honors given to Wegener please let me know. I have found a couple that were awarded in his honor to others after his death. These are what I have so far Thanks.
1906: Alfred and Kurt (Brother) broke world endurance record for staying afloat in a hot air balloon for more than 52 hours.
1912: Made the longest crossing of the icecaps of Greenland on foot
1930: Appointed Leader of sailing mission from Denmark to Greenland
1980: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany established on his centenary
1992: Asteroid Belt 29227 named for him in space
Unknown: Crater on moon and Mars named in his honor
1906: Alfred and Kurt (Brother) broke world endurance record for staying afloat in a hot air balloon for more than 52 hours.
1912: Made the longest crossing of the icecaps of Greenland on foot
1930: Appointed Leader of sailing mission from Denmark to Greenland
1980: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany established on his centenary
1992: Asteroid Belt 29227 named for him in space
Unknown: Crater on moon and Mars named in his honor
Thursday, April 15, 2010
hey
Hey guys if you find anything about who were the people who opposed Alfred Wegener and who were the people who made his invention true then please send me the site on the blog.
Thanks
Thanks
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wikipedia
Hey everone; Don't use Wikipedia for your research. Wiki states Wegener went to UC Berkley, I have not found any confirmation of this, not even through Berkeley's website.
So, be careful with your research.
Drew
So, be careful with your research.
Drew
Monday, April 12, 2010
Hello everyone,
I heard back from Ms. Bobbi and it's a go. We will submit the project through BB Vista so it is stored and on record then meet with her so she can watch our work on the laptop.
I am having some problems with the program because I have Windows 7 but will work through them. I started putting some slides together. I figure that by the time I have the software up and running and the basic format in place the research information will be ready to go. I'll send over a sample for everyone's input as soon as I have it ready.
Take care and happy hunting.
Patricia
I heard back from Ms. Bobbi and it's a go. We will submit the project through BB Vista so it is stored and on record then meet with her so she can watch our work on the laptop.
I am having some problems with the program because I have Windows 7 but will work through them. I started putting some slides together. I figure that by the time I have the software up and running and the basic format in place the research information will be ready to go. I'll send over a sample for everyone's input as soon as I have it ready.
Take care and happy hunting.
Patricia
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Hello everyone.
I hope the research is going well for everyone. I'm still in a gathering mode mainly through the internet. Yardley Public library didn't have much at all, other than one children's book. Of course there are thousands of websites with information. I even found a translated copy of Wegener's book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans." I'll try to stay awake while reading it!
Drew
Drew
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
I like the blog. The background is cute and I think we can communicate well on here.
I've done a lot of research on his meteorology already. Most of the sites have the same info, but I am going to keep looking.
Disa I know you were going to look at the people who opposed Wegener's theories .. in my research I found his father-in-law was one of the very first people to oppose. I just thought that was interesting.
Did we get an okay from the instructors to use our idea?
Is everyone doing okay with the research?
Friday, April 2, 2010
Alfred Wegener
Wel Come to Alfred Wegener's Blog !
This blog is made by Students of Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA. This Blog is made for Educational purpose only. We are blogging about Alfred Wegener's research and his theories.
This blog is made by Students of Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA. This Blog is made for Educational purpose only. We are blogging about Alfred Wegener's research and his theories.
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