1. Daylight Throughout the Year By: Samantha Campbell and Kyndrea Wilson

2. NGSS 1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on relative comparisons of the amount of daylight in the winter to the amount of daylight in the spring or fall.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to relative amounts of daylight, not quantifying the hours or time of daylight.]

3. Pre-Evaluate Activity Ask students if they see light at different times of the day. They will hold up a sun if they see light then. They will hold up a night picture if they do not see light. Example Question: When you wake up what do you see? This is a way to find out what the students already know about sunlight.

4. Engage Read to the class the book “The Sun Is My Favorite Star” By: Frank Asch This book is about how there are many stars in the galaxy. But only the sun wakes us in the morning, helps us grow, plays hide-and- seek behind the clouds, and paints pretty pictures in the evening sky. Ask questions following the book. Example: What season do you think the book takes place in? This question will lead to others.

5. Explore Activity Have the students go outside and observe the sun in the sky at the end of the school day (about 2:30) once a month. Is the sun out? Have the students keep track of their observation in a science journal. When we go outside take a class photo that can be posted in the classroom, so the can see the difference throughout the year.

6. Class Data FallSeptember 20October 20November 20December 20 Wake up 7am Class Time 2:30 Dinner 6pm

7. Example of Class Data FallSeptember 20October 20November 20December 20 Wake Up 7am Light Dark Class Time 2:30 Light Dinner 6pm Light Dark

8. Explain Talk about day length at different times of the year. Ask the students what they learned through doing the activity, what have they discovered? Based off the data that was collected do you see a difference in the amount of daylight throughout the season.

9. Elaborate Students will be making art based off of their observations The art will be like a time line. Students will pick a time and use that time for all four months in the season. Repeat step one for the other seasons. They will either do a light picture or a dark picture based off if they saw light or dark at the time. They will put all four months together.

10. Evaluate Do the same thing as the pre-evaluation, where they hold up a light or dark picture. To see what the students now understand about daylight.