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Lerner Classroom: Teaching Science Through Literacy Lesson PlanLerner Classroom: Teaching Science Through Literacy Lesson Plan
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Lerner Publishing Group
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4th - 6th
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Lerner Classroom: Teaching Science Through Literacy

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In this lesson plan, students will gather evidence to support the argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared with other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. Students will also write texts in which they explain and support their arguments.

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distance of stars, lerner books: teaching science through literacy, star brightness, sun, stellar phenomena

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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