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What Changes Cause the Sun to Rise and Set?
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 experiment with a globe and flashlight to represent the Earth and sun in order to identify the changes that cause the sun to rise and set. Students will also come to the conclusion that it takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate completely around its axis.
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