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Week 6 Lab/Lecture Earth Sun Moon

                                              Week 6 Lab/Lecture

  • Description of what we did in the lab? 
What are your best understandings of:
    • How do the phases of the moon occur?
      • The phases of the moon are determined by the sun, the moon, and the earth. 
    • What causes the seasons?
      • The tilted axis of the earth. 
                        Summer- The Northern Hemisphere is closer to the sun. 
                        Winter- The Southern Hemisphere is farther from the sun. 
    • What causes a lunar eclipse? 
      • When the moon moves into the Earth's shadow.  
    • Geocentric is earth-centered. 
    • Heliocentric is sun-centered. 
    • June 20th- Summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere 
    • December 21st- Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere
    • The Tropic of Cancer is North. 
    • The Tropic of Capricorn is South. 
  • The big question addressed in the lab. 
    • What is the connection between the Earth, Sun, and Moon? 
  • A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.
    • In Thursday's lecture, we mainly discussed what we went over in the lab in more depth. We discussed the quiz answers from Monday's lab. Ali did an excellent job of giving us physical models for certain scenarios to help us understand more. We learned nothing new, just a refresh of Monday's lab. 
  • Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:
  • What did you learn?
    • From the textbook, I learned that solstices mark the days of the year when hemispheres receive the least amount of sunlight and also the most amount of sunlight. 
  • What was most helpful?
    • In the textbook, the physical models were the most helpful. I am a visual learner so all the images really helped make sense of the concepts. 
  • What do you need more information on?
    • I want to know more information on why the Church was so stubborn when it came to geocentric and heliocentric. 

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