======Sun/Earth/Moon System Phenomena======

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In Physics 111, students and instructors study the moon throughout the term by making observations, making predictions, drawing and writing, experimenting, discussing, questioning, etc. The topic of the moon is an example of ongoing discussion of subject matter because there is a great deal of exploration and piecing things together that need to occur before students will understand the phases of the moon. This page elaborates on each segment of the students building their understandings of the moon. 

=====Week 1: Beginning to Observe Sun and Moon Phenomena=====

[[activities:light:openingconversationsaboutlight:start|Opening Conversations About Light]]

[[strategies:diagnostic_questions:light_-_how_we_see_objects:start|Diagnostic Questions-Light and Shadows]]

[[activities:light:playingwithshadows:shadowexploration:start|Shadow Exploration]]

[[.:ShadowExplorations:start|More Shadow Explorations]]

[[strategies:diagnostic_questions:sunandmoon:start|Diagnostic Questions-Sun/Moon and Science Pedagogy]]

[[.:OrientationtotheSky:start|Orientation to the Sky]]

  * [[activities:sun_earth_moon:orientationtothesky:establishingcardinaldirections:start| Establishing Cardinal Directions]] 

  * [[activities:sun_earth_moon:orientationtothesky:skyjournals:start|Sky Journals]]

  * [[activities:sun_earth_moon:orientationtothesky:shadowplots:start|Shadow Plots]]

  * [[activities:sun_earth_moon:orientationtothesky:tracingshadows:start|Tracing Shadows]]

=====Week 2-4: Ongoing Explorations of Sun and Moon Phenomena=====

[[.:ongoiningconversations:start|Ongoing Conversations About the Moon]]

[[.:RooftopExplorations:start|Rooftop Explorations]]

[[.:PinholeCameras:start|Pinhole Cameras]]

[[activities:light:powerfulideaslight:start|Powerful Ideas About Light]]


[[.:DiameteroftheSun:start|Diameter of the Sun]]

[[.:GeneratingQuestionsAbouttheSunandMoon:start|Generating Questions About the Sun and Moon]]

[[.:ClassObservationsoftheMoon:start|Class Observations of the Moon]]

=====Week 5: Predicting Where and When to Look for the Moon=====

[[.:MoonPredictionCharts:start|Moon Prediction Charts]]

=====Week 6-8: Moon Dances=====

[[.:MoonDance1:start|Moon Dance 1: Developing the Model that the Moon Revolves Around the Earth]]

[[.:MoonDance2:start|Moon Dance 2: Developing Earth and Space Perspectives for Phases of the Moon]]

[[days:fall2009daybyday:fall2009day13:understandingthemoonsshadow:start|Moon Dance 3: Developing an Understanding of the Moon's Own Shadow]]

[[.:MoonDance4:start|Moon Dance 4: Developing Alternate Perspectives for Phases of the Moon and Applications]]

=====Week 9: Moon Paper=====

[[.:studentmoonreflections:start| Student Moon Reflections]]

[[.:MoonPaper:start|Moon Paper]]

=====Week 10: Reasons for Seasons=====

[[days:fall2009daybyday:fall2009day19:seasonsdance:start| Seasons Dance]]