This Storytime STEM-pack includes all the materials you need to engage kids in a science activity that addresses the concept of the Sun, Earth, Moon system, in particular how Earth’s rotation on its axis causes day and night. The activity is launched by using Day Sky cards and the Night Sky card to surface children’s prior knowledge of the path of the sun across the sky during the day, followed by reading the popular children’s book Next Time You See a Sunset. This is followed by a modeling activity, using a beach ball to represent the sun, and a different beach ball to represent the Earth. Children reinforce their learning by matching daily activity cards to the rotation of the Earth and connecting the Earth-based perspective and the space-based perspective using the Sun’s Path Across the Sky and the Day and Night concept card. Included in this set, you'll find:

The entire activity takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.  This STEM-pack is suitable for grades 1-3.

NOTE: Storytime STEM-packs users will need to submit a list of any kit consumables that were used while in your classroom so they can be replenished for the next reservation. 

Email STEMLibrary@caiu.org with the name of your kit, type(s) and amounts of materials consumed during the time you borrowed the kits. 

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