In this daylight hours activity, students use pictures given to write a number sentence and calculate the answers. This activity has 3 word problems.

In this sinusoidal model worksheet, students use the sinusoidal model to solve word problems about the hours of daylight in Anchorage, Alaska. Students complete 5 problems.

Students track photoperiod (daylight hours) over time and predict how daylight change during different seasons. This helps build their understanding that ever-changing daylight is the driving force for migrations and all other seasonal...

Students investigate time, how people measure it, and how it influences our lives. They complete an online Webquest, analyze various calendars, answer discussion questions, and identify references to time in a newspaper article.

Students work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time.

Third graders investigate why the seasons occur throughout the year. They read a traditional wisdom story pertaining to the seasons. They create their own wisdom stories about the seasons and act them out for the class.

In this science activity, students find the words that are related to the concept of weather and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

In this Earth and moon activity, students will review the different phases of the moon, how eclipses are created, and how the moon influences tidal patterns. This activity has 13 fill in the blank, 8 true or false, and 2 short answer...

In this daylight hours worksheet, students calculate the number of daylight hours at different locations around the world. This worksheet has 3 fill in the blank questions.

In this Earth worksheet, students review the characteristics of the Earth including it's rotation and revolution. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank and 7 short answer questions.

In this geography skills worksheet, students read an instructional passage regarding daylight hours and then respond to 5 short answer questions.

For this holidays around the world worksheet, students answer short answer questions that are celebrated around the world. Students complete 10 short answer questions.

In this interactive holiday learning exercise, students view 20 symbols of various holidays and match the correct name of the holiday to the symbol.

Students simulate the Earth's revolution around the sun using CEENBoT. In this earth science lesson students calculate the Earth's distance in AU and it's speed of revolution. They explain how the Earth's movement cause seasonal variation.

Students familiarize themselves with the Arctic Circle by locating it on a globe and wall map. They discuss they climate in the North Pole and the reasons for its low temperatures. They compare and contrast the climates of the Arctic...

Students collect, record, and graph the sunrise and sunset times. They explain how the relationship between the tilt of Earth's axis and its yearly orbit around the sun produces the seasons.

Students study the basic methods for finding one's position on Earth. Latitude can be deduced from the height above the horizon of the pole star or of the noontime Sun, while longitude requires an accurate clock giving universal time.

Pupils recognize the daily motion of the Sun across the sky, defining the main directions of east, west, south and north. They see how the first calendars were based on changes in the Sun's noontime elevation, and on locations of sunrise...

Students are introduced to the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky and the way it changes in summer and winter.

Middle schoolers observe the daily motions of the sun and relate them to the functions of a sundial. They determine the locations of sunrises and sunsets and determine how the elevation of the sun effects temperature.

Students are introduced to the celestial sphere, describing its apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star.

In this seasons exploration worksheet, students review vocabulary and answer prior knowledge questions, then use the Seasons in 3D Gizmo to complete exploration activities.

Students use their geometry and trigonometry skills to determine the distance between their school and another school.