lesson 9 - modeling earth's rotation (and revolution)

Watch a few of the following videos and have a classroom discussion

Reflection Questions

• Sit with your science partner.
• ​Each of you should open your "Earth in Space" GoogleDoc.
• Go to the bottom of your document.  Hit enter twice and type LESSON 9: MODELING EARTH'S ROTATION (AND REVOLUTION)
• Hit enter twice and type REFLECTION
• You should then answer the following questions.  Be sure to discuss the answers with your partner and then type your answer in your own words.  ​​

1. Why is it important to use models when explaining or teaching things?
2. What are some limitations of models? (What makes them imperfect?)
3. How did you decide on the model that you chose for this video? What made it the best model for the job? (Why didn't you choose a different model?)