Blog Post 7

 

1. The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did.
1. The big question addressed in lab this week was creating a scale model of the sun and its 4 inner planets. For my group, we decided to convert from million to meters. We had a hard time converting the planets at first, but then we used the website to help us understand better. 
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2. A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.
1. This Thursday, we learned how and why the image of the moon changes based on our positioning. Towards the end of the class, we learned about what scientists believed about how the moon came to be. The theory most believe in is about them colliding with Earth and the moon being formed by the debris blown off Earth. 
3. Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:
   1. What did you learn?
   1. This week's chapter reading taught me about the earth's structure and its composition, the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, and its formation and evolution over time.
   2. What was most helpful?
   1. The most helpful thing I learned from the reading was how to imagine our solar system on a scale to show how unbelievably large it is. The chapter also provided information on each planet in our solar system, including their characteristics.
   3. What do you need more information on?
   1. I'd like to learn more about future explorations to the inner 4 planets. 
   4. What questions/concerns/comments do you have?
   1. none