
Why is the sun up sometimes, but not other times? Use the sentence starters below to write your paragraph.
Use these words in your paragraph: other stars daytime sun spin nighttime earth
Sentence starters:
- The sun is up sometimes, but not other times because _______________________.
- When the earth faces the sun, it is ________________ and we see the ________________ in the sky.
- When the earth faces away from the sun, it is ________________ and we see the ________________ in the sky.
In our last lesson, we learned that Earth spins around once each day and that affects when it’s daytime or nighttime for people. But if the people on opposite sides of Earth can look up and see different things as Earth spins, which way is up? We’ll investigate that today!

Each person is in a different country around the world and is holding a rock. Draw arrows for each person to show what will happen to the rocks after the people drop them.
Now let’s see what actually happens when people all over the world drop rocks!
DIRECTIONS:
As you watch, observe what happens and think about whether this is the same or different from what you predicted on the warm up question.
Edit the model below to match what we saw in the video. Draw arrows for each person to show what happened to the rocks after the people drop them.
DIRECTIONS:
Write A for Agree or D for Disagree on your whiteboard for each sentence.


DIRECTIONS:
Click on the link to go to the book https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=1
Log in with clever first, then click google classroom
Read the book with the class
Gist Statement - A gist statement is the main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement (summary or sentence with the main idea) for each page
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Page 4: What Does Up Really Mean?
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=6
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Page 5: No Escape
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=6
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Pages 6 and 7: Down to Earth
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=8
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Pages 10 and 11: Wondering About Gravity
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=12
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Pages 12 and 13: Which Way is Down?
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=14
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Pages 14 and 15: Up and Down are Different for Different People
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=16
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Pages 18 and 19: Up Moves When Earth Moves
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=20
Gist Statement - The main idea or the summary of the text, one or two sentences.
Write a gist statement for Page 22 and 23: What’s Up?
https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228645/#page=24
Gravity is a force that pulls all objects on Earth.
Earth stays still and the sun moves across the sky every day.
Down is always toward Earth.
Up is always toward the sun.
If an object weighs more on Earth, that means the pull of gravity is stronger for that object.
What is gravity?
What direction is down? Select All that apply

What direction is up?

Question: Your friend says that UP is always toward the sun. Do you agree or disagree? Use evidence from the reading and the diagram above to support your response.
Claim: Restate the question (use part of the question) AND Answer the question
Sentence starter: I (choose one: agree OR disagree) with my friend, up (choose one: is OR is not) always toward the sun.
Evidence: Choose ONE (OR MORE) PIECE OF EVIDENCE that supports (proves) your answer
Use evidence from the reading or the diagram (picture) below?

Sentence starter: In the (choose one: text or diagram) it says/shows ________________
Reasoning: Explains how the evidence you gave proves your answer.
Sentence starter:
Up is ______________. Down is _______________. Gravity is _______________
Which way is up?
Click on the show your work button
To the left, use the drawing tool to draw arrows for person 1 and person 2 to show which way is up for each person.
You should draw 2 arrows