4/16 Earth Science update and homework due 4/23 PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Hi folks,

Today we continued talking a look at our nearest celestial body by exploring the moon and its phases.

Two things for homework this week:

1.   Each evening at about the same time (9:00 or so), go outside and stand in the same spot.  Use the same reference point each night (tree branch, chimney etc.) to see if the Moon is in a different part of the night sky.   Observe the Moon's position in the sky and observe the phase.  Take a picture if you can.  Notice if the Moon is in a different location each night, and, if so, how is that location changing.  Please write down the date, phase and how the Moon's position has changed from the night before.  The full moon will be on Friday!

For example:

4/16 9:00 - Waxing Gibbous - Just over the top of my neighbors chimney.

4/17 9:05 - Waxing Gibbous (almost full) A little higher and to the right than last night.

2.  Go to this website http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/lps.html  read each of the background pages on the site and then click on "Lunar Phase Simulator" towards the bottom of the page.

Use the simulator to complete pages 5/11 to 10/11 in the .pdf below.  By the time you are done with this you should have a very nice understanding for the relationship between the Moon, Sun, Earth and their interactions.