Mimmo's 15th Blog

What science ideas did you learn?

This week we learned about Solstice and Equinox. We learned that there was a winter solstice where we have the shortest day and there is a summer solstice where we have the longest day. The reason we have a summer solstice is that the we are tilted towards the sun so the sun takes he longest to travel across the sky. We have a winter solstice because we are tilted away from the sun so it takes the smallest amount of time for the sun to travel across the sky. We also learned why if the sun pulls the earth in then why doesn't it crash it to the sun. We learned the reason for this is that since the earth wants to go straight, but the sun is pulling it in the it makes a circle around the sun.

How did you learn these ideas?

We learned about the solstice because Fins asked us to look up the definition and then we made a picture to show the answer. We learned about the sun and the earth because we had to look at a simulator and we had to observe what happened in it finally we did a little lab and handed it.

Why is it important to learn this idea (What real world application is there)?

It is important to know that the Earth won't crash into the sun because if I didn't I might do something stupid because I would think I only had a few days left to live

Mimmo's 14th Blog

What science ideas did you learn?

This week we learned a tiny bit more with tides, but very little. We mainly learned about why we have seasons. Many people these days don't really know why we have seasons, but I do. W learned that we have season because the earth tilts back and forth towards the sun so in the summer the sun is direct and in the winter the sun is indirect.

How did you learn these ideas?

We learned this idea because Fins asked us why we had seasons and made us look at a diagram of the earth rotating around the sun and we had to come up with hypothesises. Finally we put them all together and took out the incorrect ones.

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?

It is important to know this because one day I could be on a game show with the million dollar question and it could be why do we have seasons. Then I could think back to 8th grade science and win the money.

MImmo's 13th Blog

What science ideas did you learn?

This week we learned a lot. We learned about the moon. We learned how the moon rotated and revolved around the sun. We also learned the 8 phases of the moon. We also learned how each phases is formed. Each is formed because the sun shines on part of the sun and that's what we see. Finally we started to learn how the moon effects the tides.

How did you learn these ideas?

We mainly learned these ideas by looking at s simulator. Finley told us to watch the simulator and to see how many things we can find out about the moon. After, we started to answer questions about the sun and the moon.

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?

It is important to know this idea because one day I could be a fisherman. If I know how each phase effects the tides then I would know when is the best time to go fishing because the tides effect the fish. Then I would think back to 8th grade science I would catch more fish and make more money.