Reasons for the Seasons Inquiry. Using the diagram below, a.Write down why you think the Earth has seasons b.What season is it in Darien? c.What month.

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Reasons for the Seasons Inquiry

Using the diagram below, a.Write down why you think the Earth has seasons b.What season is it in Darien? c.What month is shown? d. Any other info you know?

Seasons Station 1 Heat and Light Grid Interactive Demonstration 1. Watch the teacher presentation for positions A, B, & C of the globe and grid. 2. Observe the size of the squares and where the squares are located on the Earth (at equator and north and south of it). 3. Observe what happens to the position/size of the squares when the position of the globe changes. 4. Write down what you notice and what you wonder.

Station 2: Around the World 1.Look at the following video and photographs. 2.Write down what you notice and wonder. Video

Photo 1 Sun paths in Turku, Finland in January– April photographed with two curved-back pinhole cameras around the 20th of every month. Credit: Sakari Ekko.

Photo 2 Philippus Lansbergen Observatory in Middleberg Netherlands. Pinhole camera photograph of the sky from Decemeber 2012 through June

Photo 3 Sun at noon in the northern hemisphere

Photo 4 Summertime north of the Arctic Circle

December 21 Sun path - 8 images taken 30 minutes apart in Fairbanks, Alaska. Photo from the University of Alaska Photo 5

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