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4th Grade SEM Rotation of the Earth
Grade Level:
4
Subject:
Science
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Goal Summary:
How do we know that the Earth is spinning?
Standards Met:
Essential Questions:
What do we observe in the sky?
What about the weather?
Phases of the moon?
Tidal forces?
what's up with the equator?
Why do we have seasons, and why aren't seasons the same everywhere on the Earth?
Understandings:
That the Earth is tilted and spinning
What is the Earth made of and why it matters
What can we learn from the stars and are they still there
Why is the sun so bright, what is the sun?
Goldilocks zone
What people used to believe
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