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Patterns in the Sky

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What you will learn from this videoWhat you will learn
- The sun, moon and the stars all move across the sky in a pattern.
- The sun rises in one part of the sky and sets in another part.
- The moon and stars also rise in one part of the sky and set in another part.
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Before Video
What makes a pattern?ANSWERA pattern repeats, so we know what is going to come next. Patterns happen the same way more than once.
The sun, clouds and sometimes the moon. You can also see things like rain, birds or airplanes.
The moon and stars. You might also see planets or constellations.
Yes, it gets dark when the sun sets every day.
Yes, it gets light when the sun rises every day.
After Video
What pattern do you notice about day and night?ANSWERIt is daytime when the sun is up. When the sun sets, it is nighttime. This pattern repeats every day.
Observing a pattern helps us predict what may happen next.
The sun is only visible during the day. The sun is still shining at night, even though we can’t see it from where we are.
As the sun moves across the sky, your shadow will move too. Your shadow can change in length, shape and position.
A telescope can be used to magnify things that are far away, such as stars and planets.
Things that are closer to Earth look big, like the moon. Stars look very small because they are very far away.
- Vocabulary
- Pattern DEFINE
Something that happens the same way more than once; it repeats.
- Sun DEFINE
The bright object that lights up our daytime sky.
- Moon DEFINE
The large round object in the night sky that is sometimes visible during the day.
- Stars DEFINE
Most stars look like tiny dots of light in the night sky. They look that way because they are very far away. If you were close to them, it would look like a giant ball of burning gas.
- Position DEFINE
The place where something is.
- Predict DEFINE
To guess that something might happen in the future.
- Rise DEFINE
When an object seems to move up in the sky.
- Set DEFINE
When an object seems to move down in the sky.
- Magnify DEFINE
To make something appear larger.
- Pattern DEFINE
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