Session Date
Lesson Topic
the Solar System - the Roman gods.
Lesson Outline
To help Devon remember the names and order of the Planets, I gave her a little background in the Greek (and later Roman) myths that provided the names. We reviewed the origin of Hermes, the winged messenger and god of roads and pathways. I explained to Devon that when the Roman Empire became powerful, they took the Greek myths, and changed the names. We reviewed some other gods who had their names changed by the Romans. So we discussed how the small, hot planet was named for Mercury. We then looked up Aphrodite, and her history - and wondered on how she became Venus and then the second planet was named for her. We quickly looked at Earth, and then jumped to Mars, the Roman name for the god Ares. We laughed at how this was the god of war, who had a sons named Fear (Phobos) and terror (Deimos), a sister named discord (Enyo). Ares was associated with war, but only the losing side. We then related that history to the name of the fourth planet. The session ended with beginning to explore Zeus who is also Jupiter - the fifth planet. We did examine the red spot of Jupiter as the 300 year old storm.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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