this week in science we started to learn about what solstice and equinoxs are. i found out that a solstice is A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun. i got this from wikipedia. and the equinox is An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator which i also got from wikipedia. Then later in the week we looked at this really cool earth to sun orbit simulator, i thought it was kinda like a game because i wanted to see if i can get the orbit perfect around the earth. but we had to do 20 trials of placing the earht from the sun and testing the speed we would put it at. In the begging i could not get it to orbit but after a while and seeing what speeds and distances worked close i got it.