In today's lesson, we are going to introduce the students to the idea of Moon Phase. To explore the topic throuphly, we are going to divide the lesoon into four parts: 1. Introductory discussion: in this part, we are going to discuss the different shapes of moon with the students as a head start; 2. Lunar Phases: in this part, we will introduce the students with the idea of lunar phases and simulate the phases; 3. Eclipses: in this part, we will introduce the idea of eclipses to the students. The goal here is to teach them how the eclipses are formed; 3. Viewing Eclipses: in this part, we are going to simulate how eclipses are formed and how you can see them.
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Alaina
4/27/2017 04:24:36 pm
Students may need a better explanation of what they're supposed to see in the pinhole camera. Having different shaped lamps/lights (or alternately, putting "sunspots" or "transiting plants" on the lights) would probably give a better sense of image formation.
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Gustavo
4/27/2017 04:58:11 pm
We used the lamp as the sun and initially handled the moons to the students, but then we realized in order for them to visualize the moon phases, they would have to be centered at a single location to represent the point of view of the Earth's observers while the moon would orbit around them. Because of the distance from the lamp to the moon, it was not very clear for them to identify what moon phases they were looking at since there was no distinct shadow.
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