Fifth graders will be working on scientific explanations this year to explain natural phenomena like why the moon appears differently in the sky each night, why seasonal patterns of stars look the way they do, and how daily changes of daylight and shadow length are affected by the earth's relationship to the sun. We spent a good amount of time this week learning to set up a "Earth Systems Observation" entry in our journals, which will be the springboard to our yearly data collection. We also secured spots in our journals to gather data on moon phases, constellations, and daily amounts of daylight. Fifth graders are going to be data experts by the end of the year!
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