5th Grade Science › Reveal patterns in length of day and night
Mr. Green's class is studying the Solar System and Milky Way Galaxy. Today they are doing an investigation in the lab. Asia and Chele are partners for today's activity. They are given a ping pong ball with a sticker on one side, a flashlight, and their lab journals with a pencil for recording observations or data. Mr. Green turns off the lights. Asia holds the ping pong ball that represents Earth at a slight angle (like its axis) while Chele shines a flashlight on the center of the ball. Asia slowly rotates the Earth counterclockwise, and they observe where the light shines and where it doesn't. They take notice of the sticker and whether the sun shines on it or it is in darkness while the Earth rotates. Their observations are below.
Based on Asia and Chele's observations, how do we know which areas of the world are experiencing daytime?
Mr. Green's class is studying the Solar System and Milky Way Galaxy. Today they are doing an investigation in the lab. Asia and Chele are partners for today's activity. They are given a ping pong ball with a sticker on one side, a flashlight, and their lab journals with a pencil for recording observations or data. Mr. Green turns off the lights. Asia holds the ping pong ball that represents Earth at a slight angle (like its axis) while Chele shines a flashlight on the center of the ball. Asia slowly rotates the Earth counterclockwise, and they observe where the light shines and where it doesn't. They take notice of the sticker and whether the sun shines on it or it is in darkness while the Earth rotates. Their observations are below.
How does the amount of sunlight change as the Earth rotates?
Which of these is a direct result of Earth's rotation?
Jimena knows that Earth rotates on its axis. How much time has passed after one rotation of Earth on its axis?
Why do the Sun and the Moon appear to move across the sky from east to west instead of remaining in one place?
Antwon researched the lengths of day and night in different parts of the world on the same day. He created a data table to display the number of daylight hours a specific latitude received on the same day (November 8th). What pattern(s) does the data table reveal about the length of day and night?
An Earth day is 24 hours because the Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.
Why is half of the Earth dark and the other half white in this diagram?
Source of diagram: The Victoria State Education and Training department
Which of the following motions defines the length of Earth's day?
Why does Earth have day and night?