1. By: Sue Speirs 12-04-03

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3. Get a Notion, It’s All About Motion Throw a Ball Animated Sketch

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14. Baseball pictures taken by Sue Speirs

15. America’s Favorite…! What were you thinking,…Baseball? Physics and Motion

16. Pay Close Attention Mo, you are about to get a lesson in...

17. So easy we will solve it with our bare knuckles...

18. physics is phun

19. Consider the forces in action… The bat speed of Mo Vaughn vs. The sweet knuckle ball of Steve Sparks NOW YOU MAKE THE CALL!

22. “GIBBY, Did you see the Physics behind that play?” “I’m still work’n the formulas… JOSH”

24. PHYSICS is a BLAST

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26. Pictures used with permission from John Walker

27. HWY 15 N & Miramar Way

28. The fire moves south down Oak Canyon toward the 52 freeway.

29. Aerial view of the fire line along Route 15 near Miramar Air Station.

30. A San Diego police officer backs his car off Clairemont Mesa Blvd just east of I-15 as the fire flares up on the north side.

31. Fire rages on the east side of the I-15 at Clairemont Mesa Blvd

33. Traffic backed up on I-15 from closures forced by the wildfires on Sunday

34. The fire line nears a Scripps Ranch development.

35. A large home burns out of control in Ramona

36. The fire line nears a Scripps Ranch development.

42. Ventura County firefighters look at a twister of flame from a wildfire, Sunday, in Simi Valley

43. A home burns along North Lake Wohlford Road at Valley Center Road on Sunday morning

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45. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Prepared by: Sue Speirs, K-12 Science Specialist Grosse Pointe Public Schools

46. A total eclipse of the Moon occurred the weekend of Nov. 8-9, 2003. A Lunar Eclipse (eclipse of the Moon) happens at Full Moon. The Moon orbits Earth about once every 29 ½ days. Lunar eclipses happen when the Moon passes through the shadow of the Earth.

47. About two to four times each year, the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadows (penumbral or umbral) and one of three types of eclipses occurs.

48. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks all direct sunlight from the Moon. The Moon has no light of its own, but shines by sunlight reflected from its surface.

49. Just about 35% of lunar eclipses are total eclipses— and are totally awesome to watch!

50. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 7:00 p.m.

51. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 7:15 p.m.

52. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 7:35 p.m.

53. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 7:45 p.m.

54. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 8:20 p.m. A bright rim along the moon’s southern edge will appear in a totally eclipsed Moon.

55. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 8:45 p.m.

56. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 9:05 p.m.

57. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 9:20 p.m.

58. November 8, 2003 Livonia, MI Home Driveway 10:00 p.m.

59. Trading Spaces Question FYI: Lunar eclipses are safe to watch—unlike solar eclipses. Imagine that you are an astronaut on the moon November 8th and 9th 2003. If you are “looking at planet earth,” what would you see? Should you be “looking back” at planet earth? Support your reasoning. Return to Table of Contents