Division I (Grades k-3)
Division I (Grades k-3)
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The sun!
All life on earth is made possible by the sun!🌞 Without the sun there would be no heat or light and life on earth would cease to exist. The sun influences our planet in many ways: It drives the weather & the seasons, ocean currents & the climate.
🌎 Earth goes around the sun.
Even though it seems like the sun moves and the Earth is still, the earth is actually travelling around the sun as it spins on its axis.
Check out the mystery science lesson about this: https://mysteryscience.com/astronomy/mystery
It takes the earth a year to travel around the sun.
Actually ≈ 365.24 days.
The ☀️ Sun and ⭐️ stars appear to travel across the sky from east to west because of the rotation of Earth.
{ shadows }
The sun makes shadows and they change throughout the day. You can tell the time by the suns position and the direction of the shadows.
Sundials- use the suns position to aid in telling time. 🕚
•Here's some ideas for making your own sundial... •http://www.mysundial.ca/sdu/sdu_sundial_kits.html
Other site resources for learning about space.
NASA jet propulsion Lab- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/
APPs - Star Walk 2 / Sky View / Night Sky / Stellarium
*Stellarium. -definitely check this one out. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer or phone if you have the app.
"We are the planets" this is a fun StoryBots song about the planets.
☔️ Seasons of the year- The tilt of Earth causes the seasons. When the North Pole tilts toward the Sun it is summer and when it tilts away from the Sun it's winter.
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