Living on Our Spaceship Earth

Our Relationship with the Sun

Task 1.  What is our relationship with the sun?

You will keep a journal of day length, high and low daily temperatures, and observations of seasonal change.   Choose three days each week from September 10 through November 4, 2007.  The journal s due November 5, 2007.   As Thoreau did for sprng at Walden Pond, be sure to record details about what you see, hear, smell, and feel as fall arrives and time moves on toward winter. 

System Model

Earth's Seasons

Challenge 1

What's the difference between latitude and longitude?

Challenge 2

Does anyone know what time it is?

Challenge 3

What is the reason for seasons?

Challenge 4

Why does the sun apprear to move during the year?

Challenge 5

Why does the day length vary outside the tropics?

Review and Reinforcement Links

Latitude and Longitude

Time

Seasons 

Internet Data Sites

NJ Current Weather and Climate

Weatherunderground.com

U.S. Naval Observatory

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius

Living on Our Spaceship Earth Index Page

Mrs. Chen's Homepage

Teacher Support Materials

Task 1 Student Worksheets (pdf)

Task 1 Assessments (pdf)

Task 1 Cover and Inserts (pdf)

Task 1 Quiz Review (pdf)

More to Explore

Language Arts

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

The Haiku of Shiki

Geography

Walden Pond State Reservation

Science in Action

Walden Pond and Global Climate Change

Environmental Connection

The Walden Woods Project