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- Publié le jeudi 12 octobre 2006 00:00
- Écrit par Laurent
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Planétaire
Little Orrery
Sans aucune prétention de précision ou de réalisme, mais pour expliquer certaines choses à des enfants...
Without any claim of precision or realism, but to explain certain things to children...
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Du coup, cette maquette a fait plusieurs aller/retours dans les classes de primaire des enfants !
So, this model made several aller/retours in the school of my children !
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It's enough to explain the eclipses and the seasons to a captivated public: - the rotation of the Earth on itself explains days & nights, - the rotation of the Moon around the Earth and both around the Sun explains the various types of eclipses and the tides (see the picture). It's necessary to explain to the children the gravitation in a simplified way. - the rotation axis of the Earth keeps a constant direction when the Earth rotates around the Sun, which explains the seasons. For that also, one needs a preliminary explanation: the angle of incidence of the luminous rays on a surface has an influence on the provided power. To conclude, my Meccano model is not precise, as only the order of magnitude of the movement is realistic. |
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