Students observe sunrise and sunset daily for a given period and mark the time as a homework investigation. The place that the observation is done must be the same for each observation. Students graph the hours of daylight and darkness. Using their sketch and what they see, they will write a description in their journal of their view. These descriptive feelings will be shared with their group at school.
Groups can write poems to share on-line along with their recorded data.
Gathering Newspaper Data Teacher will assign designated students the task of daily newspaper collection for sunrise and sunset times in their location. This information will be compared and shared on-line. See directions below. As a form of assessment student groups will share their predictions and actual gathered data with other groups in their class through graphs and charts.