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How can the Sun help you if you're lost?

Sun & Shadows Unit
Lesson 3 of 4
Sun & Daily Patterns
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Three sun direction choices

If`you`were`Doug,
what`would`you`do
to`get`home?

Step
01/09
Get these supplies.
Step
02/09
Cut on the thick black lines. When you’re done, you’ll have two pieces.
Step
03/09
Poke the paper fastener through the top hole then turn the paper
upside down like this.
Step
04/09
Turn over the paper with the sun on it. Slide the hole over the paper
fastener.
Step
05/09
Spread the prongs and flatten them like this.
Step
06/09
Trace the word east (where the sun rises). Then trace the word west
(where the sun sets).
Step
07/09
Practice making the sun rise over my friend’s house (the white one)
and set behind my house (the gray one).
Step
08/09
Turn and Talk: How can the sun help me get back to my house in the
afternoon? Should I walk towards the sun or away from it?
Step
09/09
Here’s what I figured out.
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forest


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a place with lots of trees
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Sun


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the large ball of light in the sky during the day

sunrise


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when the Sun appears in the morning

sunset


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when the Sun disappears in the evening
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east


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one of four main directions; if you are facing north, it is to the right
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west


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one of four main directions; if you are facing north, it is to the left
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pattern


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something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted
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predict


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to guess what will happen based on things you know
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How can the Sun help you if you're lost?
Sun & Shadows Unit
Lesson 3 of 4
Sun & Daily Patterns
4.7 (9795 reviews)
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