RESOURCES TO LEARN ABOUT ASTRONOMICAL UNIT
1. Follow the solstice link. Take notes in your notebook.
Follow the second link to learn more about gravity and orbits. Follow the link to the seasons interactive simulation. The assignment is also attached. Use Issues and Earth Science pages F-27--> F-31.
Today, we traced shadows at the same time as Monday and compared how those shadows had moved. We noticed the the North / South shadows had moved considerably, but the East/West shadows had not really changed. Here are the analysis questions they are supposed to answer:
Shadow Lab Part 2 - Earth’s revolution around the sun Tape or glue this onto page 2 or 3 of your science notebooks (any blank space). Answer the questions below. As a class, we will draw lines at the same exact time as we did on Monday for both the required (East/West) shadow and the adjacent North/South shadow.
We have been working on the rotation of the Earth. Please see the attachments for the data sheet and the analysis assignment.
We continued to review the essentials of learning about space and space objects.
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