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I have had the privilege of teaching middle school science for my entire career, starting with 7th and 8th grade and now focusing entirely on 8th grade.

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Daylight Hours Across the Globe

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There are many aspects of the Earth-Sun-Moon cycle that can be difficult for students to visualize. Included among these are how daylight changes depending on latitude. This activity intends to provide students with actual data from different locations on Earth at different latitudes that can provide an obvious visual demonstrating this scientific fact. Included in this assignment is a map of the Earth with major latitude lines, daylight data for 8 locations, latitude data for both northern and

6th - 8th

Astronomy, Earth Sciences

CCSS, NGSS

8.F.B.5

, MS-ESS1-1

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I have had the privilege of teaching middle school science for my entire career, starting with 7th and 8th grade and now focusing entirely on 8th grade.

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Beginning my career with the old California State Standards, I initially taught knowledge-based curriculum. Then, working at an IB school and with the NGSS curriculum I began using a more project-based approach. Eventually I combined the two styles together, realizing that students cannot engage with depth-based, open-ended research projects without core knowledge. My assignments involve interdisciplinary themes, combining my personal love of reading and writing with science curriculum. Since my background (and degree) are in history, I try to involve as much cultural information in my science assignments. This helps provide a different perspective while also activating students' prior knowledge.