Lesson 20 of 20 · Days and Seasons

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One Year Around the Sun

🧪Lab Brief #20

Days and Seasons.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

A year is the time it takes Earth to go all the way around the sun: about 365 days.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 — Do

Track where the sun is in the sky at three different times today. Draw its position each time.

Step 3 — Observe

Use your senses to describe what you notice.

Step 4 — Record

Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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How long does it take Earth to go around the sun?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”

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