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Re: Relationship between Earth Moon



My advisor wouldn't let me put that in there. I also did some interviews that were not analyzed for the thesis and that is where some students believed a plane could go to the moon.

I think it is important to note that we are talking about the distances involved...not the actual engineering or mechanics.

Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429

Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV> 09/14/01 01:17PM >>>
Fine. Is there somewhere in the hundred pages where a student claims
that he/she can fly to the moon?


On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Tina Fanetti wrote:

Uhm.. It is justified in my 100 page Masters thesis

Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429

Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV> 09/14/01 09:47AM >>>
Hi Tina-
Sorry, but I don't think that you have justified your conclus=
ion
that "most think ..." More likely, I think, is the conclusion that y=
our
people do not understand the notion of a scale drawing in the context=
of
the given astronomy problem.
Regards,
Jack



On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Tina Fanetti wrote:

I find it hard to believe the statement above.
How did you obtain the data that suggests that
"most students in college do not grasp the relationship
between the earth and the moon" and that "most think
that the moon is close enough to take a plane to?<<<<


I came to this conclusion based on interviews and on surveys handed=
o=3D
ut to students. The survey questions were:

1.. Explain, as clearly as you can, why it is the Moon sometimes a=
pp=3D
ears as a full bright circle like this, (drawing of circle)=3D09an=
d so=3D
metimes the Moon can appear as a crescent like this, (drawing of cr=
es=3D
cent).

2. . On the back of this page, draw the Earth-Moon System as a sc=
al=3D
e model. (This means draw the Earth and Moon the correct sizes for=
a=3D
sheet of paper. Also, make sure that you have the correct distanc=
e =3D
apart for a sheet of paper.) Don't worry about being exact, just b=
e =3D
as close as you can. Please explain why you drew the Earth-Moon Sy=
st=3D
em the way you did. Please be sure to label all the items in you s=
ke=3D
tch!

After collecting all the surveys, before and after instruction. I =
me=3D
asured the circles and set up ratios. Most Student drew the earth =
an=3D
d moon less then 3 earth diameters apart. =3D20

I can send you the actual data if you would like

Tina




Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429

Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM> 09/10/01 05:46PM >>>
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:09:53 -0500 Tina Fanetti
<FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US> writes:
I would have to agree with the statement that most students in
college do not grasp the relationship between the Earth and the M=
oo=3D
n.
=3D3D20
My thesis was looking at college students' scale of the Earth-Moo=
n
system and most think that the Moon is close enough to take a pla=
ne
to.

Tina




Herb


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--
Franz Kafka's novels and novella's are so Kafkaesque that one has to
wonder at the enormity of coincidence required to have produced a writer
named Kafka to write them.
Greg Nagan from "The Metamorphosis" in
<The 5-MINUTE ILIAD and Other Classics>