What did you feel on the playground?

Write down the Big Idea for the unit.

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What Questions do you still have?

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What do you think?

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Question: Did the sun make the sand hot or is sand just hotter than dirt?

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Think about it for awhile and share your ideas with your classmates.

What do you think?

Some people think that the sun made the sand hot.

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Other people think that sand is hotter than dirt and water.

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Which idea do you support? Or do you have any other ideas?

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Idea 1 - The “sun made it hot” idea

Idea 2 -The “Sand is hot” idea

Talk to your classmates about what you know right now.

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Listen to other ideas and think about how they might work or not work.

Now it is time to write down your thoughts

• It is fine if you are not sure right now.
• It will require more work to learn the right answer.
• Just think about what you know and be open to learning more
• Write down your ideas in your thinking log.

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It’s time to read!

• Science is people figuring out what how the world works.

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• Scientist who learn about sun do tests to see what it does to the Earth.

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• When scientist learn about the sun they tell people about it.

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*Adapted from National Science Teachers Association (https://www.nsta.org/about/positions/natureofscience.aspx)

We know how about how the sun heats things on Earth. Let’s learn about weather.