1. In the lab, we learned how to create a solar system on a smaller scale. We used the length of Lindquist and had to include three planets. This will be particularly useful when representing our solar system's size, especially the sun, to my future students.
2. The press book chapter for this week revolved around our solar system. Specifically, the size of the planets and the size of our solar system. Something new I learned is about the inner and outer planets, for I did not know they were characterized in that way. Also, the section about why Pluto is not a planet was very interesting considering it has been debated for so long.
3. In the lecture, we began by discussing the different phases of the moon and what phase the moon is in, depending on where it is in our solar system in comparison to the sun. We also learned how the Earth's tilt and the sun's position impact our shadows during different seasons and in other hemispheres. For example, when the sun is on the Tropic of Capricorn, no one on the Tropic of Capricorn experiences a shadow, however, in Iowa, we always have a northern-facing shadow. We also learned about how the moon formed and all of the misconceptions about the moon. Some of these misconceptions are a bit confusing because they seem so convincing.
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