All Summer in A Day – Venus
June 6th, 2007
This is research reading/writing activity. By the end I hope you will locate inaccuracies about living conditions on Venus in the story “All Summer in a Day.”
More specifically, I hope you will work independently to locate 5 inaccuracies within the short story, “All Summer in a Day.” You will also give a brief explanation as to why the information is inaccurate.
Finally, you will think about what would be needed to build a colony on Venus.
1. You will create original settings for a colony on Venus.
2. You will explain how your settings are more realistic than the setting in “All Summer in a Day.”
Each of you should type at least one paragraph describing the proposed colony, as well as one to two paragraphs explaining why/how your setting is more realistic than the setting in “All Summer in a Day.”
Below are links to help you in your research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
http://www.space.com/venus/
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planet/planetvenus.html
http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Venus/VenusWater.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4335628.stm
Lastly, answer these questions below. All writing should be done in the comments section.
Which link was most helpful? Why?
Which offered the most interesting points for you? Why?
Did you find any contradictory information ? Why?
Why do you think Ray Bradbury used so much ‘poetic license’ in writing the story? Why did he not abide by the ‘scientific’ facts?
What do you think is the most important plot or story element? Which canot be changed, modified or taken out without changing or affecting the original story?
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- Any QUESTIONS??? (August 14th, 2007)
- Pictures speak a 1000 words (July 28th, 2007)
- QUOTES (July 2nd, 2007)
- IDIOMS are EVERYWHERE! (April 10th, 2007)
- What A Tangled Web We Weave (March 18th, 2007)
June 6th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Can I get information from books as well, silence means consent!!!
June 7th, 2007 at 4:13 am
It said in the text (the post) that ‘Below are links to help you in your research.’ That means that you can use other resorces as well. (I hope so)
June 11th, 2007 at 2:54 am
im really confused.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:54 am
and happy birthday to me
June 13th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Problems in the passage:
1. There cannot be rain water on Venus because it has extremely little water.
2. The children will most probably not survive because there is very little oxygen in Venus. Also, the atmospheric pressure at the planet’s surface is 90 times that of the Earth. Therefore, the children will be crushed under the immense pressure. The temperature of 400 degrees Celsius makes the heat untolerable as well.
3. Plants cannot grow in Venus because of the lack of oxygen.
4. The children should not have been able to see the Sun as only 20% of the sunlight is able to pass through the atmosphere.
5. There cannot be floods or tidal waves in Venus.
June 14th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Um, Gerald they can photo synthesize, the plants I mean
June 16th, 2007 at 12:55 am
There might still not be enough oxygen as only 20% of the sunlight is able to pass through the atmosphere.
June 18th, 2007 at 6:29 am
jek kee, the amount of sunlight does not affect the amount of oxygen!
June 19th, 2007 at 3:53 am
The plants need sunlight to photosynthesize and to produce oxygen. If only 20% of the sunlight is ablt to pass through the atmosphere, then there might be a shortage of oxygen because there might be not enough sunlight for the plants to photosynthesize and produce enough oxygen for the people.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Jek Kee, I mean directly affecting.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:34 am
But after all, it affects!