1: In our model, the big ball represented Earth, the lamp represented the lamp, and the little ball represented the moon.
2: The amount of light that I saw on the little ball depended. Sometimes I saw it over the whole ball, sometimes I saw one half lighted, sometimes I saw a quarter lighted and sometimes I saw a creasent or gibbous or nothing. These represent the phases that the moon is.
3: After one full turn, I saw the whole ball lighted. When completing one whole turn. the moon completed all 8 phases and is starting again.
4:Whatever I could see it or not, half of the ball was always lighted. When the moon was new, it was created by an eclipse. At that point, the moon blocked the sun reaching Earth and it placed itself right in between Earth and the sun.
5: Making a model helped me understand the phases of the moon better. It is still a bit confusing but after it, I think I understand better. One disadvantage of models I think is that they are not always exact. It shows correct information but it is not accurate.
2: The amount of light that I saw on the little ball depended. Sometimes I saw it over the whole ball, sometimes I saw one half lighted, sometimes I saw a quarter lighted and sometimes I saw a creasent or gibbous or nothing. These represent the phases that the moon is.
3: After one full turn, I saw the whole ball lighted. When completing one whole turn. the moon completed all 8 phases and is starting again.
4:Whatever I could see it or not, half of the ball was always lighted. When the moon was new, it was created by an eclipse. At that point, the moon blocked the sun reaching Earth and it placed itself right in between Earth and the sun.
5: Making a model helped me understand the phases of the moon better. It is still a bit confusing but after it, I think I understand better. One disadvantage of models I think is that they are not always exact. It shows correct information but it is not accurate.
In number 1: the light represented the sun.
ReplyDeleteIn number 3: What did the whole ball lit up represent?
In number 4: It was not created by an eclipse. This is the point when the sun was on the other side of the moon lighting the side that we do not see. This is why we have a dark new moon. The reverse is true for the full moon. When it is fully illuminated (lit up) then we see the whole half of the moon facing us.
In number 5: Can you be more specific? What was not exact for you and your lab partner? What could you have done better?