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DAY AND NIGHT

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Students use a lamp as the sun and his/her body as the earth. They rotate in different directions to explain how the earth moves around the sun. Using specific questions in their discussion, students discover the reasons for day and night.

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night, day

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day, night, science
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Grade
1st - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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