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
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