j1-2k8-mtH10: Using Kepler's Orrery for teaching Planetary Science

Kepler's Orrery is an interactive gravity simulator that composes & plays generative music while visually demonstrating the physics of gravitational attraction.

http://www.art.net/simran/GenerativeMusic/Kepler.html [2]

http://keplers-orrery.dev.java.net [3]

Not only is Kepler's Orrery a pleasing simulation for the eye and the ear, but it can be used as a powerful tool to teach gravity and how delicate of a balance our solar system is in. [4]

You can download the MP3 [4] of this podcast episode directly, or copy and paste the java.net Community Corner mini-talks feed [5] into a podcast client like Juice or iTunes. You can also subscribe via the iTunes Store [6].

Mae Linh Blake [1] is a Math and Science teacher at Martin Luther King Middle School.