Observe, discuss, and draw objects found in the day and night sky 0007.6.2

1. As the Earth Turns - Students learn that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth.
2. Day and Night Experiment - help students understand what makes day and night
3. Daytime and Nighttime - What would the sky look like at the given hour of the day?
4. Learning the Sky - Big Dipper
5. Phases of the Moon - short lesson on phases with several links to follow
6. The Night Sky Live - best as a whole class activity - click on an asterisk on the map to see the night sky live from someplace around the world.
7. Sky Paths - K-4 students will have the concrete experiences of observing, organizing, comparing, and describing the movement of objects that they observe in the sky.
8. What Makes Day and Night - simple explanation

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