Modeling Earth's Seasons by Rotation and Revolution part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
The students will discuss, define, and demonstrate the Earth's rotation and revolution around the sun, which models the seasons.

Investigating Ordering Planets: Math Connections and Number Sense in Science part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This set of activities is designed to help students develop an understanding of scale/distance and ordering the planets from the sun, understanding Earth's position in the solar system, and developing new ways of determining "order."

Moon Phases Box part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an observation opportunity for students to view the phases of the moon and learn that the juxtoposition of the Earth and moon dictates the appearance of the moon in the sky.

Rotation of the Earth part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity will help students understand Earth's rotation and the causes for day and night.

Tracking the Sun: Observing the Path of the Sun Throughout the Year part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
As an on-going project, students note the position of the sun by mapping a shadow on the classroom floor. They learn about the earth's tilt and the effect of the sun's light on our seasons.

Investigating Earth and Moon Surface: Impact Craters part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this activity students use a simple model of the moon to do an experiment to see how impact craters are formed. The lesson worksheets are differentiated and students are put into pre-determined teams by ability to conduct the experiment.

Investigating Rotation: Why Is There Day and Night? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a classroom activity in which students will observe, question, and investigate the relationship between the sun and the earth and how that relationship causes day and night.

Experimenting with Angular Diameter and Distance (study of Outer Space) part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity on apparent sizes and apparent angles, related to understanding how distance affects what we observe in outer space (the sun, moon, stars, or planets).

Going Through A Phase: The Changing Patterns of Our Moons Appearance part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an investigation of the Earths Moon phases and its position in the sky.

Why are there seasons? A study of phenology part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a field investigation where students gather data to understand phenological changes.

Investigating Moon Phases: Making a lunar flipbook part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a reinforcement activity where students will make a flipbook of the lunar phases.

Investigating Lunar Phases part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab investigation where students design their own lunar phases model using household materials.

Calculating the declination of the sun for elementary students part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will observe the patterns of apparent motion of the sun using simple tools.