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The Analemma Lesson PlanThe Analemma Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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Science
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2004
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The Analemma

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Students describe the relationship between the tilt of Earth's axis and its yearly orbit around the sun, by learning about analemmas. They determine what they can do to show that the sun's position doesn't change, and they find ways to prove it.

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