Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century American History What Kids Can Do MayflowerHistory.com Portable Scanners, Mobile Translators, Reading Pens | Buy Online, Wizcomtech LTD Tessellations - M. C. Escher and how to make your own Tessellation Art Moon Phases / Lunar Phases Explained Have you ever wondered what causes the moon phases? We all know that its appearance changes over time. But why? The good way to understand the phases of the moon is to examine an earth-moon-sun diagram: ©MoonConnection.com All Rights Reserved. Diagram Explanation The illustration may look a little complex at first, but it's easy to explain. Sunlight is shown coming in from the right. One important thing to notice is that exactly one half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun. So the basic explanation is that the lunar phases are created by changing angles (relative positions) of the earth, the moon and the sun, as the moon orbits the earth. If you'd like to examine the phases of the moon more closely, via computer software, you may be interested in this moon phases calendar software. Moon Phases Simplified It's probably easiest to understand the moon cycle in this order: new moon and full moon, first quarter and third quarter, and the phases in between. The Moon's Orbit Moon Software
COMMON CORE | Education Without Representation "Common Core" Teaches Communism Karen Schoen explains Common Core. “Hello Americans: Common Core IS NOT NEW. The only thing new is the name and the fact that no parent or community or school board of legislator had any participation in this new unproven educational fad. What is Common Core? 1. Although these items are dangerous, they are merely diversions to the real danger: Content and method of learning. 1. Charter schools will become industry specific training grounds using algorithms imbedded in technology to allow the government and industry to track your child into a career path in elementary school. 2. Whenever I give a seminar on Education, Common Core, Agenda 21, I am always asked why more parents are not involved. If civics was taught in school, the legislators would follow the Constitution and America would be a free society. As a result, students are emotional power kegs, insecure, incapable of human interaction and understanding of anything out of their realm of career study. Literature for 6 year olds….