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Long Days and Short Days

Use the sun model to watch the length of the day change through the year and see why our days are long in June and short in December, then build a bar chart of daylight on four days.

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    1 - Where Are We? ~3 mins

    Find our place on the model. Is it daytime or night-time there?

    Today's question

    Why are our days long in June and short in December?

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    2 - Read and Learn ~8 mins

    Let's find out why the length of the day changes through the year.

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    3 - Watch Our Place Through the Year ~14 mins

    Press Play and watch our place through the year.

    1. When are our days long? When are they short?
    2. In June, does our half of the Earth lean towards the sun or away from it? And in December?

    Daylight on our place through the year

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    4 - Write It in Your Copy ~6 mins

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    In your copy, draw the same street twice, side by side, at six o'clock in the evening: once in June and once in December. Show how light or dark it is in each.

    Two empty frames side by side, labelled June and December, each the same street in outline with a clock at six

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    Module 5 · Sun, Moon, Weather: Measured
    Lesson 27 · Long Days and Short Days
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