The Earth in Space topic helps students discover the wonders of our planet and its relationship to objects in space, such as the sun and other stars. During this topic, the students:

Draw models of Earth and compare their models with the models scientists use.
Discover that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the center of Earth.
Draw their ideas about the causes of daytime and nighttime.
Explain how a shadow’s shape and direction are related to the sun’s position in the sky.
Record, graph, and analyze data about the sun’s position in the sky and how shadows change during the day.
Discover that the sun appears to travel in an arc across the sky.
Create models of the causes of daytime and nighttime.
Describe how the Earth’s rotation around its axis causes the sun's daily pattern in the sky, as well as the pattern of stars’ movement across the night sky.
Explain that the sun appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer.
Model why we see stars at night, but not during the day.
Create charts that show when different constellations are visible in the Northern Hemisphere.

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