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