| Criteria:
Student can explain via words, models, drawings, or actions
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Beginning |
Developing |
Mastery |
| The
orientation of the Earth and Sun throughout the year. |
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| How
the tilt of the Earth combined with its revolution around the
sun affects daylength (photoperiod) and the angle (intensity)
of sunlight at in different seasons. |
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| How
differences in photoperiod and angle of sunlight affect seasonal
temperatures. |
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| How
daylength varies with latitude during different seasons. |
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| The
characteristics of the solstices and equinoxes in terms of the
Earth/Sun orientation, daylength, and angle of the Sun in relation
to Earth. |
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| How
and why shadows change over the course of the year. |
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