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Science

“Every Drop You Drink, Someone Has Drunk Before.”

the water cycle

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Schedule

Period Class Name
1 Chemistry
2 AP Physics 1
3 AP Chemistry
4 AP Physics 1
5 Prep Period
6 AP Physics 1

Astronomy Corner

 Bad Astronomy Page – Misconceptions about astronomy explained Green Flash Photo and Explanation
When’s the next eclipse of the sun? Of the Moon?Map of Total Eclipses from 200-2015

Photo of the emission spectrum caused when there is a total solar eclipse
 Why do we have daylight savings?  Clocks square off in China’s far west – Los Angeles Times
See a photo of the moon eclipsing the sun    Watch a video of the moon eclipse going across Earth in 2016 
 Solar eclipse of October 2014		 World Sunlight Map – View of Earth from Space right nowEquinox photo of sun setting along East-West Road 

Equinox Photo of Sun setting in NYC across the river
What is an Analemma? Why does the moon look larger on the horizon?Moon with Earthshine on it – Astronomy Picture of the Day
Did We go to the Moon? Moon Phases – A graphic of a lunar month.       An animation of a lunar monthWhat does the Earth Look Like from the moon? On the moon the Earth’s fixed in the sky
Astronomy picture of the day of retrograde of marsAstronomy picture of they day – 5 planets visible on the ecliptic at the same time

Space shuttle launch seen by the ISS as it takes off from Florida

Full Moon Rising Photos September, October and November of 2020

What does it look like from space from the ISS’ perspective right now?

Photographic Evidence of Gravitational Lensing

2017 Nobel Prize awarded for Gravitational Waves Discovery using LIGO

What is Gravitational Lensing? An explanation

Time Lapse of the moon going through one lunar cycle – shows different distances from earth

Moon’s Orbital path around the Earth moves (apogee and perigee)

 

Space Page

Electricity Page

Waves and Light Page

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