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Day and Night


By: Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan
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Type of Product:Book Chapter
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Publication Title:Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6
Publication Date:8/18/2011
Pages:13
Grade Level:Elementary School
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Description

Using a model, learners explore time zones and what causes day and night and how time zones change. Learners observed the position of the Sun in the sky at different times of day and relate those positions to the rotation of the Earth.

For more information on how to implement Picture-Perfect Science in you classroom—including key reading strategies and NSES connections—download the free e-book of chapters 1 through 5, Why Read Picture Books in Science Class?


Ideas For Use

Lesson Objectives

• Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment.
• Use data (observations) to construct a reasonable explanation.
• Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
• Understand that objects in the sky have patterns of movement. The sun appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes slowly over the seasons.
• Understand that most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion. Those motions explain such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the moon, and eclipses.

Additional Info

Science Discipline: (mouse over for full classification)
Moon
Sun
Asking questions
Collecting data
Observing
Predicting
Intended User Role:Curriculum Supervisor, Elementary-Level Educator, Informal Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher
Educational Issues:Achievement, Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Informal education, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Interdisciplinary, Learning theory, Teacher content knowledge, Teaching strategies

Technical

Resource Format:application/pdf
Size:776 KB
Requirements:Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader


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National Standards Correlation

This resource has 6 correlations with the National Standards.  
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This resource has 6 correlations with the National Standards.  
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  • Earth Science
    • Changes in earth and sky
      • Objects in the sky have patterns of movement.
      • The sun appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes slowly over the seasons.
    • Earth in the solar system
      • The motions of most objects in the solar system explain such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
  • Science as Inquiry
    • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. (K-4)
      • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation.
      • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.


Customer Reviews
Nice chapter
  Reviewed by: Susan German (Hallsville, MO) on August 30, 2011
  I like the chapter because it asks students questions that cause them to think. Is the sun always rising and setting somewhere on the earth. I am a middle school teacher and can see how I can expand on this question to have students do a question, claims, and evidence type of an answer.

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