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Week 2 Sun, Earth and Moon

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What did you do in the lab today?​  1. How do the phases of the moon occur?          - The phases of the moon occur with the moon's rotation around the sun, and the amount of Sun is reflected off the moon 2. What causes the seasons          - The rotation of the Earth around the Sun, and the tilt of the Earth 3. What causes a lunar eclipse?           - The alignment of the Sun, moon, and Earth The Catholic church believed that Earth was in the center of the universe. This is not the truth; it's actually the sun. The math that comes from Copernicus and Galileo. Solstice is either the longest or shortest day of the year. What was the big question? ​ What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?​ Read the online textbook What did you learn?​ What was most helpful?​ - Getting to see the diagrams for a visual was really helpful  What do you need more information on?​ - I am still a little confused on the...

Galaxies to Black Holes

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What did you do in the lab today?​ - The Spring and Fall equator  - Summer and Winter Solstices  - Talked about our slideshows  What was the big question?​ How was the Universe formed? What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?​ READING  

Week 4: Our Solar System

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  What did you do in the lab today?​ - We talked about the reading, Misconceptions Die Hard.  - We made a scale model of the sun and the 4 inner planets What was the big question? How big is the solar system? What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? What did you learn? What was most helpful? - Getting to see a different version of the scale of our solar system. What do you need more information on? -  I feel like I have a good understand of how our universe was formed What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have? - At the moment no

Week 3 The Moon

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What did you do in the lab today?​ - Talked about the phases of the moon - How the rotation of the sun affects the Earth  - How the Summer and Solar solstice work  - The Earth rotates counterclockwise, the Sun rises in the East and Sun sets in the West - The revolution and the rotation are 28 days  - we have never seen the dark side of the Moon from Earth - There are 10 phases of my moon -    Takes it from New Moon to a Quarter is 7 days  For the hands-on experiment, we learned that thickness is the key to the experiment  What was the big question?​ How does the Moon affect Earth? What's so special about the Moon? What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion? Read the online textbook What did you learn?​ What was most helpful?​ Getting to see the visual example of the tidal locking works as the Moon orbits Earth was really cool, and helpful. What do you need more information on?​ I am still kind of confused on how the phases of the moon happen. 5. What ...