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What Is the Reason for the Seasons?

What Is the Reason for the Seasons?. Clearing up misconception about the causes of the seasons OR Covering All the Angles!! By Michelle Kornberger , Nancy Foote, Mel Prater & Ken Huff.

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What Is the Reason for the Seasons?

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  1. What Is the Reason for the Seasons? Clearing up misconception about the causes of the seasons OR Covering All the Angles!! By Michelle Kornberger, Nancy Foote, Mel Prater & Ken Huff

  2. LogisticsTarget audience: Middle School Science teachersTime: 1 hourVenue: Regional or state conference

  3. Learning Goal • Does the distance between the earth and the sun cause the seasons? • To present multiple pieces of evidence and models to support scientifically correct reasons for the seasons.

  4. Invitation • Riddle • Hula hoop activity • Seasonal changes chart • Pre-questionnaire questions 2 and 3

  5. Exploration • Strengths/Limitation of models

  6. Concept Invention • 3-d Sun-Earth Scale Model • Put out a variety of round materials and a box of golf pencils. Given that a 10 cm ball is a scale model of the sun, which of these would be a same scale model of the earth.

  7. Application • Football field model • Distance scale model • Using the same scale, the earth is 10 m away from the sun

  8. Reflection • Revisit hula hoop • Revisit Earth-Sun size comparision • Revisit Pre-questionnaire questions 2 and 3

  9. Sun: Solar Flare July 10, 2010

  10. EYEBALL

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