Observing
Sunlight Over 12 Months: Questions
As you click
through the slide show showing changes
in sunlight every month, respond to these questions about specific
slides.
Month
2: How did the light change? What questions
do you have? What do you think will happen next?
Month
3:
Do
you think the Northern Hemisphere gets more or fewer hours of sunlight
now than it did last month? How about the Southern Hemisphere. Explain
your thinking.
Month
4: In which season or month do you think this picture was
taken? Why?
Month
5: What
change did you notice? Explain how this helps you pinpoint when the last
picture was taken?
Month
8: Do you think the Northern Hemisphere
will have more or fewer hours of daylight next month? Explain your thinking.
Month
10: What
season do you think it is in the Northern Hemisphere? In the Southern
Hemisphere? Explain your thinking.
Back
to Month 1: We've gone through a whole year and are back
to where we started!
- List what
you learned about the yearly relationship of earth and the sun. What
can you infer about the seasons?
- What did
you already know that helped you explain what you saw?
- What questions
do you have?
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