UNIT+3+MATERIALS

__//**Shrinking the SS!**//__


Here's the handout we completed (on the football field) //with the scaled diameters and distances included//. We shrunk the sun by a factor of approximately 65 BILLION......in other words, if we had ~65 billion golf balls, we'd have the approximate size of the sun!

//__**Earth-Sun-Moon Interactions; Planetary Motions**__//
Here are the first two sets of Power Point slides for Unit 3:



And here's the ppt on our review of the solar system:



//__**Seasons Lab**__//
Here's a good resource to check out online for seasons info:

NOAA Seasons Online Resource

And here are two interactive sites that will help you visualize the Earth's position during each of the seasons:

Earth-Sun Relationships

McGraw Hill - Seasons

Seasons lab and diagram (for Part 2):



=__//TIDES//__=

//Creating a Tide Curve!//

The website that you need to get tidal data for Boston, MA is here (do NOT use the link provided in the the tide instructions above):

Boston Historical Tide Data Moon Phase data for Tides project

Here's a link to the Phases of the Moon site:

Phases of Moon

Here's a YouTube video of the relationship between the moon's rotation/orbit and the earth (to help you think about the question of why only one side of the moon faces the earth, & we never see the "dark side" of the moon):

Why does only one side of moon face earth?

And, as promised, here's the link to the progress of the Voyagers:

Where are the Voyagers?

Tides Lecture Material: = = =__//UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE AND JEOPARDY//__=