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Eighth graders conduct a "Length of Day Symposium." They complete a variety of activities and explorations regarding the earth's rotation, its revolution around the sun and the cyclic changes in climate and energy distribution on the surface of the Earth.

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the earth, the sun, rotations

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earth, rotation, Seasons, sun, science
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8th
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Science
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