Sunrise - Sunset
Students need an opportunity to collect and exchange data with other classrooms.  This activity provides opportunities for making comparisons, making predictions, and communicating electronically through computer networks.

Sunny Days, Starry Nights
The purpose of this activity is to provide a hands-on learning experience for the students as to why the sun does not look big from Earth.

Lost in Time
Students will understand our perception of passing time is not always accurate and discover time-measuring instruments.

The Earth and the Moon
Using a variety of activities targeting different learning styles students will become familiar with the seasons, and will be able to explain the reason for the seasons depending on the orientation of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Introduction to the Day and Night Sky
Students will view the applets, The Celestial Sphere and Circumpolar Motion, in a computer lab, to gain an understanding of the Earth's rotation, and how it affects our perception of stellar movement.

Seasons of the Year
The students will know how the inclination of the Earth's rotation axis causes seasons of the year, recognize that seasons in the southern hemisphere occur at opposite parts of the year from seasons in the US and Europe.

The Seasons
Clear up common misconceptions related to the cause of seasons on Earth.

Why Doesn't the Moon Rotate?
"I've always wondered why the Moon's rotation matches that of its revolution around the Earth. Hard to believe it's coincidence. Is there something keeping this synchronization? Why do we always see only one side of the Moon?"

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