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Proving a Sun-Centered Solar System
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In this lesson, students use orbital models of the Moon and Venus to demonstrate: the moon's apparent diameter changes very little in the course of one complete orbit of the Earth; how if Venus orbited the Earth, there would be little change in its apparent diameter; and how the diameter of Venus's orbit changes greatly as it orbits the Sun.

Subject:
Earth Science
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Stanford SOLAR Center
Author:
Ken Brandt and Jerry Vinski
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Solstice and Equinox ("Suntrack") Season Model
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In this lesson, students build a physical model to simulate the Sun's tracks across the sky at the solstices and equinoxes. A bead will be used to illustrate the Sun moving from rising along the eastern horizon to setting on the western.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Stanford SOLAR Center
Author:
Philip Scherrer and Deborah Scherrer
Date Added:
02/26/2019