Now you do not see me
Personatges:
Tema: The Earth and the moon
Competències
Competència en Comunicació Lingüística
Competència Matemàtica, en ciència, tecnologia i enginyeria
Competència personal, social i aprendre a aprendre
Matèries i cursos per Sistema Educatiu
Espanya > Biologia i Geologia > 4t ESO > La Terra en l'univers
Enunciat
Aglaonice of Thessaly was one of the most powerful "witches of Thessaly", who was known by the nickname of "the one who makes the moon disappear", since she could predict with her studies when an eclipse was going to take place from Babylonian tablets and the observation of astral movements.
In the following activity we will work on the different types of eclipses.
a) Explain what an eclipse is
b) What phase is the Moon in during an eclipse of the Sun?
c) What phase is the Moon in during a lunar eclipse?
d) Why does a lunar eclipse not occur at every full moon? Justify your answer.
Observacions i context
Aglaonice is the first woman known to have devoted herself to the study of astronomy. But, in ancient Greece, many women played an important role in different fields of knowledge, such as Phanostrate, midwife and physician; Pythias of Aso, biologist and embryologist who collaborated with her husband, Aristotle, in studies on embryology and in the elaboration of an encyclopedia on Natural History; Agnodica of Athens, important gynecologist; Artemisia II of Caria, expert in medicinal herbs; her namesake Artemisia I, also queen of Caria and captain of a fleet; Aspasia of Miletus, philosopher, logographer and teacher of rhetoric; Hypatia of Alexandria, mathematician and astronomer, among many others.
Descripció
In this activity we work on the concept of solar and lunar eclipses and the relative position of the three stars involved: Sun, Earth and Moon.
It consists of three questions to understand the dynamics of both eclipses.
These questions are framed within the position of the Earth and its satellite in the universe.
In order for the students to be able to perform the activity, in particular the last question, the concept of ecliptic should be explained beforehand.