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Flat Earth Theory / Building a 3D Flat Earth model: helping my daughter on her school assignment
« on: April 17, 2019, 04:18:32 AM »
Hello everyone!
It has been a long time since I've last been here, probably more than a year. Honestly, I've forgotten about the Flat Earth and all of its theories during this period.
I now come back seeking some help for my 14-year-old daughter's Science Fair assignment "Discovering the Shape of the Earth", in which they describe the evolution of science throughout the years on this topic. Her teacher decided to give some space for discussing the Flat Earth model as well, mostly because it was the widely accepted model centuries ago.
The assignment consists on building 3D models of the Sun-Earth-Moon system according to different theories. These models must try to explain simple phenomena one can see with their bare eyes, such as sunrise, sunset, solar and lunar eclipses. The students were divided into groups, each group is responsible for creating one model and explaining why the phenomena work on their model or not. I was quite delighted to discover that my daughter's group is the Flat Earth's one.
I decided to help her gather information about the Flat Earth so she can build her model in as much accordance to the theory as possible.
First question: as we live in the Southern Hemisphere, more precisely in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (around 20º S, 54º W), and see the stars moving clockwise in the sky around a supposed southern star, my daughter and her friends are willing to draw a map in which Antarctica is the center. Would it by any means be correct in any Flat Earth context? I tried really hard to convince her this is incorrect in the Flat Earth model, but she doesn't want to take my word for it.
Second: how do lunar eclipses work in a Flat Earth? I have never thought about it before, and simply couldn't help her on this. How should we model it?
Third: are there any scientific resources (books, articles or the like) about the Flat Earth that can be used as a reference in a school assignment?
Feel free to give us any tips on how we should build this model. As she is very well educated in English, I will allow her to participate on this thread on my behalf, so please be kind and pardon any misspelling or grammar error she might commit (even though I think she speaks English much better than me, haha).
PS: If you are Brazilian, or have any Flat Earth resources in Portuguese, please, link it in here.
It has been a long time since I've last been here, probably more than a year. Honestly, I've forgotten about the Flat Earth and all of its theories during this period.
I now come back seeking some help for my 14-year-old daughter's Science Fair assignment "Discovering the Shape of the Earth", in which they describe the evolution of science throughout the years on this topic. Her teacher decided to give some space for discussing the Flat Earth model as well, mostly because it was the widely accepted model centuries ago.
The assignment consists on building 3D models of the Sun-Earth-Moon system according to different theories. These models must try to explain simple phenomena one can see with their bare eyes, such as sunrise, sunset, solar and lunar eclipses. The students were divided into groups, each group is responsible for creating one model and explaining why the phenomena work on their model or not. I was quite delighted to discover that my daughter's group is the Flat Earth's one.
I decided to help her gather information about the Flat Earth so she can build her model in as much accordance to the theory as possible.
First question: as we live in the Southern Hemisphere, more precisely in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (around 20º S, 54º W), and see the stars moving clockwise in the sky around a supposed southern star, my daughter and her friends are willing to draw a map in which Antarctica is the center. Would it by any means be correct in any Flat Earth context? I tried really hard to convince her this is incorrect in the Flat Earth model, but she doesn't want to take my word for it.
Second: how do lunar eclipses work in a Flat Earth? I have never thought about it before, and simply couldn't help her on this. How should we model it?
Third: are there any scientific resources (books, articles or the like) about the Flat Earth that can be used as a reference in a school assignment?
Feel free to give us any tips on how we should build this model. As she is very well educated in English, I will allow her to participate on this thread on my behalf, so please be kind and pardon any misspelling or grammar error she might commit (even though I think she speaks English much better than me, haha).
PS: If you are Brazilian, or have any Flat Earth resources in Portuguese, please, link it in here.