Alex Talmadge

Lets say youre looking for a specific constellation in the sky, but cant find it. That could be because youre on the wrong part of the planet to see it. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how the Earths rotation and axis can affect what we see in the night sky.

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5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include the position and motion of Earth with respect to the sun and selected stars that are visible only in particular months.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include causes of seasons.]

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