We created a Sun, Earth and Moon model to learn about predictable patterns in our solar system.
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These are the positions of the earth in its orbit around the sun during the Solstice and Equinox; Winter 2016 through Fall 2017. Click Here to watch the Seasons Song and Video. Here we go!
The Hours of Sunlight a Day on the Winter Solstice
(Dec. 21-22, 2016) in North America.
There are only around nine hours of possible daylight this time of year. We will only gain a few seconds of it each day for the rest of the week. But don’t despair: We will be gaining a minute a day by the end of January’s first week, and two minutes a day by the fourth week.
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First we wrote three Sun facts on our model. |
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Next we colored the Earth and Moon. |
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Then we cut our Sun, Earth and Moon out. |
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Last, we put it all together in a system where the Earth and Moon rotates around the Sun. |
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We learned that one rotation or orbit around the sun takes 365 days or one year! |
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In our concluding activity, we read our facts to our partners and used our model to show the orbits of the Sun, Earth and Moon. |
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Here is a completed model. |
The science concepts we are learning are:
- Follow the Sun: Students will learn that the position of the sun in the sky changes during the course of the day and from season to season.
- Shadow Tracking: Students will learn that sunlight can be blocked to create shadows.
- Night-Sky Observations: Students will learn the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle by observing the moon over 4 days.
- Phases of the Moon: Students will learn the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle by observing the moon over 4 days.
- Star Patterns: Students know the patterns of the stars stay the same, although they appear to move across the night sky and different stars can be seen in different seasons.
- More About Stars: Students watch a video that shows how a star brightness, distance and alignment converge to produce constellations. Students learn about using telescopes to learn more about stars.
- Planets in our Solar System: Students learn about the planets in our solar system. They learn their order and collect data in an investigation about planets and stars in our solar system.
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