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Week 7 Lab/Lecture

                                               Week 7 Lab/Lecture

  • Description of what we did in the lab?
    • We created a model of half of the solar system in the lab. The model consisted of the sun, 4 inner planets, and the moon. We used a whiteboard for our sun, we just drew a giant circle. The four inner planets and the moon were made out of play dough. We placed them after we did calculations to place them at the correct distance from each other to replicate the solar system. 
  • The big question addressed in the lab? 
    • The big question we talked about in lab was 'How big is the Solar System?' And my oh my the solar system is HUGE. 
  • A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.
    • In Thursday's lecture, we discussed the moon. We discussed to origin of the moon and how it orbits. The moon rotates as it orbits. The side of the moon that has the dark spots always faces Earth which tells us that it does rotate. We learned how the moon is the reason the earth is tilted because years and years ago the moon crashed into the earth and tilted it. I never knew it was the fault of the moon we are tilted, which is such a crazy concept to me. 
  • Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:
  • What did you learn?
    • I learned that the planets that are rocky are smaller in size compared to gas planets. The theory for that is when the Sun turned on it became a star and caused the gas clouds to blow away and the rocket planets were left with a smaller solid planet. The. gas planets are farther from the sun. 
  • What was most helpful?
    • All of the diagrams from the textbook reading were helpful because they showed us models of the planets and helped us truly get a better idea of the size of planets. The size comparisons of the planets are crazy to me. 
  • What do you need more information on?
    • I want to know more about the creation of all the other planets and if there are other origin stories for them. 
  • What questions/concerns/comments do you have?
    • Are there other origin stories about the other planets? 

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