BIG IDEA: | Student's Responsibility: |
The sun APPEARS to travel through the sky in a predictable daily pattern: an arc. |
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Class Discussion (10+ minutes):
- Where and when do we see the sun in the sky?
- What did the sky look like when you arrived at school this morning?
- What objects did you notice in the sky this morning?
- What did the sky look like last night?
- What objects can be seen in the sky during day or night from Earth?
- What can be seen in the sky during the day, but can’t be seen at night?
Choose Responsibility Partners for the next task.
Student-Driven Task #1 (10 minutes):
You have 10 minutes to work with your Responsibility Partner to be able to answer the following question aloud. Use any resources that would be appropriate for the task:
- What causes daytime and nighttime?
Teacher Demonstration & Instruction (40+ minutes):
Do a teacher demonstration of day and night, seasons, and years with a pen light, laser pen, or lamp and a globe. (If teaching these all at once presents a problem, feel free to break this lesson up into two days.)
Describe...
Let's read this short article together...
Describe...
- sunrise & sunset,
- axis,
- rotation, and
- revolution.
Let's read this short article together...
Let's watch the top four videos together. You should take notes so you will be able to explain everything in a video at the end of the lesson.
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Whole-Class Activity:
Student-Driven Task #2 (30+ minutes):
- Sit with your Responsibility Partner.
- Create a blog post entitled, "Day and Night."
- Create a video or screencast that explains how Day and Night work. What is its daily pattern? Why does that pattern occur? What does the earth's rotation have to do with Day and Night? Use any models in the classroom or that you create to help you while recording (video) OR use the graphic above that shows day and night with arrows coming from the sun (screencast).
- Next, explain how seasons work. Explain what the tilt of the earth has to do with it. Use models to help demonstrate what you are explaining. Be sure to show what summer, fall, winter, and spring look like for us in the northern hemisphere!
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Embed it in this blog post.
- With your partner, gather all of the materials that you need to create an origami sun (directions are below).
- Create your origami sun.
- Take a picture of your final product and embed it at the top of your blog post. If you are unable to finish your origami creation before the end of the period, use my photo below until you are able to finish yours.
- If you finish early, watch the final video above.
No reflection questions today - they are answered in the video you created. If you finish early, feel free to watch the videos we didn't watch together!