A kinesthetic method of explaining day / night!

This file are in three parts page 1 is the instructions, and page 2 indicates additional resources that I have uploaded, page is a diagram of the set!up, the rest of the document is the pages that are to "e photocopied for times and place# $reparation %"tain a piece of polypropylene rope a"out 2& metres long 'I "ought mine at ()*+, tie the ends together then tie 12 loops 'each loop is a"out 2& cm long+ at e,ual intervals pupils holding the place names -ill each hold on to a loop# $hotocopy the daytimes '.# / am &# / pm+ on to yello- card0 photocopy the night times '.# / pm &# / am+ on to dark "lue card so the difference can "e seen "et-een day and night# $hotocopy the 1ast longitude cards on to one colour of card, and the 2est longitude cards on to a different colour that -ay, you can "e sure that 1ast and 2est do not "ecome confused# 3ind an area that has a line on the floor 'to delineate day from night+ and an o"vious o"4ect at right angles to the line and at a long distance 'this represents the 5un+ the 5un al-ays illuminates exactly half of the 61arth7# The class is divided into t-o Teams Team A form a circle holding the time cards , and do not move Team ( form a circle of longitude lines, hold on to the appropriate loop in the rope and rotate once per 28 hrs 1ncourage pupils in Team ( to 6telephone7 each other to talk a"out -eather / amount of light / -eather# 5-ap the teams! 9( If the people holding the time cards form a mirror!image of the circle 'so that da-n, at &# / am / .# / am is on the left!hand side+, then the pupils holding longitude cards have to rotate in a clock-ise direction#

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Team A, holding the time cards, remain in place

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Team (, holding the place names, rotate anti!clock-ise

1#&/ pm /o 1 <airo #8/ pm

A line on the ground that delineates night and day

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