Week 7 Elementary Science

 

  1. What did you do in lab today?
    1. In lab this week, we started off by discussing the orbit of the moon with a question and then we went into discussing the video we had watched for homework. After that, we got to work with our groups and discuss how big out solar system is and make a scale model. This was really complicated because we had to figure how much we wanted to scale down, but also how much we can scale down without having to make the different planets small and the distance short enough. Problem solving and teamwork was really important during this idea. 



  1. What was the main lab question?
    1. How big is our solar system?
  2. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?
    1. In lecture this week, we learned about how the moon was created and this is something that I never knew. There are many theories with this and how the moon was created and got to be apart of the moon. We also talked morea about your shadow and how that if you never left the United States, your shadow would always be North of you, and I think that is something that is really interesting.
  3. Online Textbook:
    1. What did you learn?
      1. One thing I learned was the difference sizes of the planets and how they relate to each other. I never knewe how big planets are compares to Earth and the actually size differences. I never knew that Jupiter and Saturn where the biggest planets and Earth is one of the smallest. It was really interesting because we made these models in class, but I never knew that it was this big of a difference. 
    2. What was most helpful?
      1. One thing that was helpful, that I didn't' know would be helpful, was understadning why Pluto is not a planet anymore. It also brought up about the three different needs for a planet to be considered a planet. The two needs that Pluto meets are that is orbits the sun, and that gravity formed it into a round shape. The third requirment that, which Pluto does not meet, is "clearning the neighborhood", which means that larger planets either attract or eject other, smaller bodies from that region of space.
    3. What do you need more information on?
      1. One thing I need more imformation on is just to help me grasp my idea of how small we actually are comapred to everyone. It is reallly hard for us to understand this because we are here on Earth and then there are planets bigger than us that have no human life. 
  4. What questions, concerens, and/or comments do you have?
    1. Why did they consider Pluto a planet for so long?
    2. What is a fun way to teach these different ideas to younger students?

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