1. Do Now!! Write your heading
Copy the day’s Learning Target: I can give evidence for rotation

2. Mini Lesson Why does the Sun rise and set?
The Earth is rotating, so we begin to see the Sun in the East, and then see it leave in the West

3. Evidence for Rotation
Foucault Pendulum: a pendulum that does not move as things around it move. It has pegs all around it so as the Earth rotates it hits each one. It should take 24 hours.

4. Evidence for Rotation
Coriolis Effect: the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth’s rotation

5. Journaling
Reflect, Relate, Expand
Ms Gerstein’s example: Time zones

6. Activity Your question:
What happens on Earth because of the Earth’s rotation? Reflect, Relate, and Expand.

7. Debrief
Share your journal entry