Misconceptions About the Earth, Moon and the Sun

After assessing students understanding and content about the Earth, moon and sun these authors noted that students have misconceptions about the scale of these heavenly bodies, the distances... See More

After assessing students understanding and content about the Earth, moon and sun these authors noted that students have misconceptions about the scale of these heavenly bodies, the distances between them and how the sun’s rays are radiated onto these bodies. These authors provide a task sheet for students to perform that can help eliminate these misconceptions about size of these objects as well as distances between them.

Science Teaches Math Content

This article describes collaboration between university professors and a seventh grade class to present an integrated lesson of science and math. The concept of relative size and distance b... See More

This article describes collaboration between university professors and a seventh grade class to present an integrated lesson of science and math. The concept of relative size and distance between the sun, moon and the Earth was studied and the concept of scaling factors was addressed to describe astronomical objects and distances. Students used diagrams to show results and it was concluded that science could be a way to learn mathematical content such as scale factors.