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    The document describes three science tools used in lessons about the sun, moon, and stars. The tools allow students to explore day/night cycles and model their understanding. Students access the tools through a student app page for the unit. The first tool lets students see day and night in different places on Earth by moving a webcam. The second uses a spinning Earth model to show day and night for observers on opposite sides. The third has students drag icons to model the sun's movement and daily activities.

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    The document describes three science tools used in lessons about the sun, moon, and stars. The tools allow students to explore day/night cycles and model their understanding. Students access the tools through a student app page for the unit. The first tool lets students see day and night in different places on Earth by moving a webcam. The second uses a spinning Earth model to show day and night for observers on opposite sides. The third has students drag icons to model the sun's movement and daily activities.

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    The document describes three science tools used in lessons about the sun, moon, and stars. The tools allow students to explore day/night cycles and model their understanding. Students access the tools through a student app page for the unit. The first tool lets students see day and night in different places on Earth by moving a webcam. The second uses a spinning Earth model to show day and night for observers on opposite sides. The third has students drag icons to model the sun's movement and daily activities.

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    Sun,Moon,andStars:

    ScienceToolOverview
    The
    Sun,Moon,Stars
    unitincludesthreeScienceToolactivities,eachusedinadifferentlesson.These
    toolswillallowstudentstoexploredifferentphenomenaandmodeltheirideasabouttheconceptstaughtin
    thisunit.

    Accessingthe
    Sun,Moon,Stars
    ScienceTool
    AllScienceToolsinthe
    Sun,Moon,Stars
    unitareaccessedfromthe
    Sun,Moon,Stars
    StudentApps
    Page.ForlessonsthatincludeactivitieswiththeSciencePracticeTool,teacherswilldirectstudentsto
    selectthenumberedblueboxcorrespondingtotheactivityinthatlesson.(Thelessonnumberandnameof
    theactivityappearundereachnumberedbox.)
    Itisrecommendedthattheteacherbookmarksthispagebeforethelessonbegins.

    Sun,Moon,Stars

    Sun,Moon,Stars
    SciencePracticeTools
    The
    Sun,Moon,Stars
    SciencePracticeToolssupportstudentsincreatingmodelsthatshow
    theirunderstandingoftheday/nightcycle.Studentsdrawupontheirexperienceswithhandson
    activitiestocreatetheirmodels.Asstudentscreate,compare,andrevisetheirmodels,they
    engageindiscoursethathelpsthemmakesenseoftheirideas.

    ThethreeactivitiesstudentsuseintheDiagrammingToolare:

    Lesson
    2.2
    PlacesonEarth:
    Studentsmoveawebcamtoseewhetheritis
    dayornightindifferentplacesonEarth.
    Lesson
    2.5
    SpinningEarth:
    StudentsinteractwithaspinningEarthmodelthat
    hastwoobserversonoppositesides.
    Lesson
    3.5
    PatternsoftheSun:
    Studentsmodeltheirunderstandingofunit
    contentbyplacingthesunandimagesofactionsthathappenduringdifferent
    timesoftheday.

    Theactivitiesinlessons2.2and2.5areinvestigative,andsonoresponseisrequiredfrom
    students.

    Lesson
    2.2
    PlacesonEarth
    Inthisactivity,studentswilldraganddropthewebcamicontodifferentplacesonEarth.When
    theydoso,windowswillappeartoshowwhatanobserveratthatlocationcouldsee.The

    imagesonlyshowdayandnight.Studentsinvestigatehowpeopleindifferentplacesexperience
    dayornight.

    InitialWorkspace:

    WorkspaceAfterStudentInvestigation:

    Lesson
    2.5
    SpinningEarth
    Inthisactivity,studentswillrotatetheEarthbypressinganddraggingahandle.Whentheydo
    so,theywillseetwoobserversonoppositesidesoftheEarthmoveintooroutofthedaysideof
    theplanet.Studentsinvestigatehowpeopleexperiencedayornightatdifferenttimes.

    InitialWorkspace:

    WorkspaceAfterStudentInvestigation:

    Lesson
    3.5
    PatternsoftheSun
    InthisCriticalJuncture,studentswilldraganddropiconsrepresentingthesunandchildren
    engagedinvarioustimesensitiveactivities.Thisallowsthemtomodeltheirunderstandingof
    howthesunmovesthroughouttheday.

    InitialWorkspace:


    WorkspaceAfterStudentInvestigation(proficientresponse):

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