Grade 4

Science

 

 

Unit 6:  Planet Earth & Its Ever Changing Moon

Activity 9:  Earth's Motions: Day /Night and the Seasons (GLEs:  1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 18, 68)

 

CC: Have students model Earth's rotation using a styrene ball held in front of a lamp or overhead projector. The lighted side should be identified by the student as daytime and the side without direct light should be identified nighttime.

Ask students to think of questions that they may have regarding the seasons. (Students may wonder why seasons happen, if all places have the same seasons, etc.)

 

Unitedstreaming Videos

http://unitedstreaming.com

Reasons for the Seasons, The (26:05)

 

WORLD BOOK

http://www.worldbookonline.com

Search term - "Seasons"

Encyclopedia Articles

Behind the Headlines - 19 items

Tables - 25 items

Sounds - 6 items

Historical Maps - 1 item

Pictures - 26 items

Videos and Animations - 1 item
Special Reports - 36 items

Research Guides - 1 item

 

 

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