Philips (1991)
This book section contains a list of common science misconceptions. The list was compiled by the author, a high school teacher, in the USA.
Findings about learners’ ideas
- The Earth is flat
- The Earth is sitting on something
- The Earth is larger than the Sun
- The Sun disappears at night
- There is up and down in space
- The seasons are caused by distance from the Sun
- The phases of the Moon are caused by shadows from Earth
- The Moon goes around the Earth in a single day
- The Moon makes its own light
- The Sun goes around the Moon
- The Sun is not a star