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The Earth and Sun: Investigations for the third grade: In this set of lessons for a third-grade curriculum unit on the Earth and Sun, students progress from observing the Sun's path through the daytime sky to understanding that the Sun's apparent motion is actually a result of Earth's rotation about an axis.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

The Earth rotates through days: The students will be a part of a model showing how the Earth's rotation creates what we see as a sunrise and sunset every twenty-four hours.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Science); By Christine Shatto.

Getting an angle on light: Students will discover that the angle of the sun can mark time and is responsible for the color we see in the sky. Students will also understand that light can be reflected and refracted.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics and Science); By Janet Jones.

Light and shadows: The Sun moves in the sky: In The Earth and Sun: Investigations for the third grade, page 4; In this lesson, students will record their observations of the Sun's path through the daytime sky. They will use landmarks as a basis for their recordings and to help make predictions about the Sun's changing positions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science); By Ronen Plesser and John Heffernan.

Phases of the moon: Young children may have the idea that the moon actually changes shape. This lesson explains that this apparent change is a result of the moon's revolution around the earth.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Science); By Jacquelyn Arthur.

The spinning Earth: Spinning into darkness and light: In The Earth and Sun: Investigations for the third grade, page 10; Students will manipulate a model of Earth to study how we experience the fact that Earth spins about its axis from west to east, completing a rotation once a day. They will understand that this causes celestial objects, as viewed by observers on Earth, to appear to be moving around Earth from east to west.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Science); By Ronen Plesser and John Heffernan.

Time - Light and shadow (pre-visit): Students examine the interplay of the earth and the sun by studying shadows. Students construct a sun clock and record shadows several times during a school day in order to use the earth and the sun to measure time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics and Science); By Denise Young.

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