Misconceptions | Sebastian Spicker

2020

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17 Nov 2020 Please Stop Saying the Sun Is on Fire In September 2020 I gave a teacher training talk on stellar formation and the misconceptions students bring into class. The misconception list was long enough to be its own document. Here it is, with commentary. Includes: the Sun as a heat-planet, gravity that only works when things move, metals that always existed, and the obligatory complaint about quantum leaps. astronomy-educationmisconceptionsstellar-evolution