ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION OF DAY AND NIGHT FORMATION

TBC 3013INFORMATION AND

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY

SCIENTIFIC IDEA

Day and night formation

TECHNIQUE USEDModellingDrawing

MISCONCEPTIONThe sun shines during the day and

the moon shines shine at night.The sun and the moon are on

different sides of the Earth and the Earth rotates facing one and then the other.

The sun goes around the Earth.The sun moves to cause day and

night.

A day is the time it takes the Earth to move around the sun.

A day is the time it takes for the sun to move around the Earth.

Night occur when the moon cover the sun.

Night occur when cloud cover the sun.

The sun goes behind hill.

The sun goes behind the Earth once a day.

The Earth goes around the sun once a day.

The Earth spin on its axis once a day

The moon creates it own light.

CORRECTION OF MISCONCEPTION

The sun shines all the time but only half of the earth faces the sun at a time. When the Earth rotates on its axis one half is in daytime while the other half is in night time but as the Earth turns on its axis the light from the sun will shine on the half that was just in darkness.

REFERENCES http://teachhouston.uh.edu/TeachHouston_do

cument/lesson_plans1/science_lesson/files/Day%20and%20Night-Final_5-21-10.pdf

http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org/issue/column.php?date=May2008&departmentid=professional&columnid=professional!misconceptions