Objectives/Outcomes

Students will build a model to test out two ideas to explain what they see in the sky?
The Sun Moving vs. The Earth Spinning

Purpose 

The students will realize that the setting sun isn’t moving and Earth is spinning. In an investigative activity, they'll compare two different models of what's happening.

Standard 

Why does the Sun rise and set? (5-ESS1-2)

Key Vocabulary 

Illuminated 
Sunrise 
Sunset 

Opening to Lesson 

Video: Sunrise and Sunset Students observe Sunrise and Sunset https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.eiu.riseset/observe-sunrise-and-sunset/