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Spin! Day and Night
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In this activity, patrons use their bodies to model how Earth's spin - rotation - creates the cycles of day and night
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Related Programming Resources
| Add a Tech Twist | Optional: Computer and projector to display an animation of Earth Spinning (included in the activity plan) |
| Hints for uses in your library | Try pairing this activity with one of the many activities in our Moon Collection |
| Related Links |
Google Earth: Earth at Night
Earth at Night: Earth Observatory NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night Why is there day and night? Last Mission to the Moon Apollo 11 in Real Time |
| Originating Source | Education and Public Engagement at the Lunar and Planetary Institute |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
Sun up, sun down : the story of day and night by Jacqui Bailey |