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Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Phases of the Moon

VOCAB WORDS


Lunar Phases(les phases lunaires)
change shape of the bright part of the moon that we can see.


Waning(déclin)
It when the moon bright part getting smaller.



Waxing(épilation à la cire)
It when the moon bright part getting bigger.





Full moon(pleine lune)
It when we can see the entire moon in the shy.




First Qaurter(premier trimestre)
It when we can only see half part of the Moon.




Crescent waning(Dernier croissant)
It when less than half of the moon is visible.




Gibbous waning(gibbeuse décroissante)
It when more than half of the Moon is visible.




Gibbous waxing(Gibbeuse épilation) Croissant
It when more than half of the moon is showing.

Crescent waxing(épilation Croissant)
It when less than half of the moon is showing.






New moon(nouvelle lune)
it when we can't see no moon in the shy.




SUMMARY


The Moon have 8 phases. the first phase is new moon is when the moon is not visible. Second phase is waxing crescent it when the less than half of the moon is visible in the shy. First Quarter is when we can only see half of the moon in the sky. Waxing Gibbous in when more than half part of the moon is showing in the shy. Full moon is when the whole moon is visible in the sky. Waning gibbous more than half of the moon is showing in the sky. Last Qaurter in when we only can see half part of the moon. Waning crescent is when less than half part of the moon is showing in the sky.


VIDEO


Class J - #4 - 2012 from Kara MacDevitt on Vimeo.

How earth affected by movement( revolution)?
while the Earth revolve around the Sun. When the Earth revolves, its axis always points to a star call polaris and it also get's direct sunlight from the sun that will be Summer. Indirect sunlight is when the earth axis are away from the sun and that will be Winter.  It also cause changes of seasons and tides. When sunlight directly hit the equator, The season became Spring and Fall. Earth revolution causes tides movement. When the sun, earth also moon are at the right angle, it's cause Neap Tides. when the sun, earth and moon are at the straight line, it cause Spring Tides.


REFLECTION


1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why ?
 the thing i mostly enjoy to work with my group by learning how to collaborate with each other.
2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why ?
my most challenging part was when shahodat was helping pronounce the word "waxing".
3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project ?
the new skills i did learn was that i were suppended but i got to work work with Ms. Kara bring my time and Ms. sherine office.
4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work ? Explain.
the thing i could to better was to learn how to collaborate with my group be