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Globe Walk, Rob Snyder
Globe Walk, Rob Snyder
IPY STEM Polar Connections
A “Globe Walk” can be used as a demonstration or classroom activity to guide students toward a better understanding of the affects that Earth’s axial tilt, rotation on Earth’s axis, and orbital motion have on the angles of incidence of sunlight, the lengths of daytimes, and solar insolation.
Eratosthenes' Proportion - Measure The Diameter Of The Earth, Stephen E. Schneider
Eratosthenes' Proportion - Measure The Diameter Of The Earth, Stephen E. Schneider
STEM Earth Central
Objective: To use a midday shadow on or close to the day of an Equinox to calculate Earth’s Polar Circumference.
True Scale Solar System Models, Stephen E. Schneider
True Scale Solar System Models, Stephen E. Schneider
STEM Earth Central
Objectives:
To construct a true scale model of the solar system
To understand the size of Earth relative to the Solar System
To comprehend the sizes of planets versus the spaces between them
Planet Longitudes, Stephen E. Schneider
Planet Longitudes, Stephen E. Schneider
STEM Earth Central
Objectives:
To apply the concept of Longitude to the location of planets in their orbits.
To predict what planets can be seen in the night sky on any date.