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How Does the Night Sky Change?
Grade: 2nd grade
Maryland VSC: 2.1.B.1.a. Provide reasons for accepting or rejecting ideas presented.
Maryland VSC: 2.1.B.1.b. Develop reasonable explanations for observations made, investigations completed, and information gained by sharing ideas and listening to others' ideas.
Maryland VSC: 2.1.C.1.d. Have opportunities to work with a team, share findings with others, and recognize that all team members should each reach their own conclusions about what the findings mean.
Maryland VSC: 2.1.B.1.a. Provide reasons for accepting or rejecting ideas presented.
Maryland VSC: 2.1.B.1.b. Develop reasonable explanations for observations made, investigations completed, and information gained by sharing ideas and listening to others' ideas.
Maryland VSC: 2.1.C.1.d. Have opportunities to work with a team, share findings with others, and recognize that all team members should each reach their own conclusions about what the findings mean.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to use a globe and a model of the moon to identify how the appearance of the moon changes from the view on Earth. Students will also come to the conclusion that it takes the moon 28 days to revolve completely around the Earth.