Common Misconceptions for Seasonal Changes
Children and adults have misconceptions about why there are seasons on earth. This is reinforced by misconceptions about the earth’s shape, as demonstrated by thoughts that the earth is a “flat rectangle,” much less, that there are even two earths, one that is flat that people live on (some on the “top” and some on the “bottom”), and the other earth is actually a planet in the sky (American Psychological Association (APA), 2015). As absurd as these concepts may seem, even Harvard University graduates have misconceptions of a spherical earth and its relationship to the sun causing seasonal Continue reading...