Teacher Preparation
- How to Participate
- Teacher Practice Packet #1: Latitude Clues
- Teacher Practice Packet #2: Longitude Clues
- Journal: Mystery Class
- Tips: Advice from Participating Teachers
Getting Started
- Activity: Track and Report Changes in Day Length
- Activity: Explore Season Simulator
- Activity: Time, Seasons and the Globe
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Slideshow: Track Seasonal Change With Journey North
Image: The Living Earth
Earth's Daily Cycle
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Slideshow: What Makes Day and Night?
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Slideshow: Telling Time with Shadow Sticks
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Activity: Follow the Sun for a Day
- Activity: World Clocks
- Activity: Time Zones
Image: The Living Earth
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Slideshow: What Makes Seasons?
- Activity: Season Simulator
- Book: On the Same Day of March
- Mini-unit: Reasons for Seasons
Latitude and Longitude
- Activity: Locate the Spot
- Activity: Where in the World?
- Activity: Latitude Shoes
- Books: Longitude and Literature
- Activity: Sunrise on Equinox and Solstice
- Teacher Background: About Longitude Clues
Image: Carol Cullar
Photoperiod
- Photoperiod Graph: Make Your Own
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Photoperiod Graph: Reflection Questions
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Calculating Photoperiod: Sample Strategies
Research Tools
- Activity: Wonder Rings
- Activity: Explore Words and Diagrams
- Activity: Build-a-Booklist
- Glossary
Image: Carol Cullar
Additional Resources
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