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The Year and Seasons

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Turn your classroom into a live demonstration of how the earth and sun interact to create the four seasons. Using a globe, a light source, and a series of constellation cards, super scientists discover how the motion of these objects affects the lives of everyone on Earth. The learning experience concludes with an in depth class discussion of their findings.

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Concepts

the four seasons, seasonal change, planet earth, the earth, the sun, constellations, the earth's axis, the earth's orbit, stars, the north star

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

Create a class blog for the activity discussion questions and allow students to answer them digitally

Classroom Considerations

Must have large open space to perform the science demonstration
Requires materials and preparation
Science demonstration and discussion questions may be completed independently of the computer activity

Pros

Clear directions are offered with picture examples

Cons

Instructions to create constellation cards are not included
Computer activity requires the purchase of software

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