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What good is astronomy? Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North South East West
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Sun Moon Stars Planets When is the sun out? Are all days the same length? Is the moon out tonight or today? How are planets different?
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Inspiration Romance Art Music Literature
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Astronomy/Disaster Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid Impact Can we prevent our own extinction?
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Astronomy/Tragedy Moonlight Titanic Visibility of Icebergs
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Astronomy/Warfare Glare Pearl Harbor They came from the west, but circled around and attacked from the east. Glare From Rising Sun
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Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Afghanistan Bombing of Afghanistan began on moonless night. They couldn’t see US planes.
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Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Sinking of Indianapolis Ship Delivered Atom Bomb Attack Defense Against Attack
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Method of Astronomy Observe Summarize Model/Theory Test Model Other Models Accepted as Law
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History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Heliocentric Revolution
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History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Helicentric Revolution
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Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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Constellations Familiar Groupings of Stars Named After Mythical Characters Stars Always in Same Place in Constellation Constellations Always in Same Order in Sky Stars Usually Not Related
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Constellations Move Throughout Night Predictable Motion
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Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset
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Sunset and the Stars
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Ecliptic
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Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset
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Sunrise Calendar
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Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset ShadowsRise/Noon/set
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The Sun and the Seasons Noon Sun High in Summer Noon Shadows Short Noon Sun Low in Winter Noon Shadows Long
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Sunrise and Sunset Sunrise in the East? Sunset in the West? Noon Shadows Hours of Daylight
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Sunrise and Sunset Shaded Parking Glare
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Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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Circumpolar Stars
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Geography and Seasons Arctic Circles Tropics Day and Night
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Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight
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Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight Reflection
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Eratosthenes in Alexandria Sunlight
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Eratosthenes
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Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth
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