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''posters of constellations if available ''']''''' | ''posters of constellations if available ''']''''' | ||
D) What else can we see in the sky? | D) What else can we see in the sky? '''''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''Show poster'' | ||
''of the moon if available .'''] '''''What does the moon do? ''<nowiki>[Travels around Earth.] </nowiki>''What is the moon made of? Does it make its own light? No, it doesn't make its own light, so why can we see it? Some things in our sky make light, like stars, and other things | ''of the moon if available .'''] '''''What does the moon do? ''<nowiki>[Travels around Earth.] </nowiki>''What is the moon made of? Does it make its own light? No, it doesn't make its own light, so why can we see it? Some things in our sky make light, like stars, and other things | ||
reflect light, like the moon. What does reflecting mean? When we think of reflecting, we usually think of a mirror. Mirrors certainly do reflect light '''''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''point flashlight at the mirror, with mirror aimed at the ceiling or a nearby wall if possible ''']''''', which you can see when I do this. We can see the moon because it's reflecting light from the sun back to Earth. The moon acts like this mirror to bounce light to us on Earth, and the sun acts like the flashlight—it makes light. | reflect light, like the moon. What does reflecting mean? When we think of reflecting, we usually think of a mirror. Mirrors certainly do reflect light '''''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''point flashlight at the mirror, with mirror aimed at the ceiling or a nearby wall if possible ''']''''', which you can see when I do this. We can see the moon because it's reflecting light from the sun back to Earth. The moon acts like this mirror to bounce light to us on Earth, and the sun acts like the flashlight—it makes light. | ||
