How the tides work

This week we've been learning about how the Sun/Moon/Earth (SME) Affect our tides

How the tides work

The water in the oceans can move more easily than the land.
The gravitational attraction of the Sun and the Moon pull it towards the sides of the
Earth where the Sun and Moon are, and this causes a high tide.

The spin of the Earth, and the Earth being pulled away from the oceans towards the side where the Sun
and Moon are, causes a second high tide on the opposite side to the Sun and the Moon.
Between the two low tides, so as the Earth turns you get two high tides and two low tides every day.
As the Moon moves around the Earth, tides times change.

• When the Sun, Moon and Earth line up we get a spring tide with a big difference between high and low tide.
• When the Sun and Moon form a triangle with the Earth, then there is not much difference between high and low tide. This called a neap tide.

2 Kinds of Eclipse

• Solar eclipse - Daytime, When the moon casts a shadow on the Earth, causing the sun to go dark, SME/New moon
  

Lunar eclipse - Night time, When the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon, the Moon to go dark. SEM/Full Moon

11 Rules of Life

"If you Mess up, it's not your parent's fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, Learn from them"

with this we can understand, there's no one else to blame but ourselves for our actions whether good or bad, you made the choice to go through with it, even if you were coax'd into it, they didn't do it, you did.

Taking this we can also take pride in our actions for statements from people like "It's because of me you're here" it may be true, but you did it, not them, have some pride in yourself and be thankful for it.

Mike King reflections

Mike King (A Maori comedian) came in last week and gave a talk about raising awareness to Depression.

Something interesting you took from his talk:


Depression isn't always obvious, a lot of the time you never know someone has depression until it's too late.

Something I took from it:


One of the issues of depression in pride, mostly among boys because they've been raised in an environment where they can't be emotional, they can't talk about their feelings, they can't cry, so when it comes to moments like this it can get really confusing only adding to the problem.

What can I do?


I know a few friends with depression, I've been trying to help them, it isn't always enough, but I still try to be there for them.

Term 2 Week 1 Reflection

This term we're studying the Astrocycle, We've done some simple skim and scan activities and basic research.