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CALL 912-876-2566 TO SUBSCRIBE COASTAL COURIER (Hinesville, Ca.) - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018- 13 THE AWARD-WINNING PRINT & ONLINE FAMILY FEATURE Find Kid Scoop on Facebook by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 8 Why are sunny winter days COLD, while sunny summer days are HOT? Kid Scoop’s winter expert Dr. I. Cicle explains it all! As you can see, it's a sunny winter day here and ... YEAH! It's a sunny day! Let's hit the waves, Bro! 0° 0° Uh, Dude, there's That's SNOW? But it's, like, because sunny today. So why isn't the snow, like, melted? it isnt sand. It's snow! something really wrong with this sand. It's, like, frozen! Smart FUN AT HOME One important thing to understand when you read is cause and effect.. Sc* For example, - 4 / in the legend 7 Sa of Groundhog — Day, when the 5 groundhog sees his shadow, he goes back in his burrow. In this case, the effect is that the groundhog goes back in his burrow. That is what happens. What causes him to go back in his burrow? Getting frightened by his shadow. Try It! 1. With a parent or learning buddy at home, select an article from today’s newspaper. Read the headline. Discuss what you think caused the news reported in the headline. Earth is, like, I'm glad you asked! Let's pretend this • WAY bigger, snowball is Earth. The Earth tilts on its axis as it travels around the sun. In the winter, if the part of the Earth where you live is tilted away from the sun, it gets indirect sunlight. That is so cool! Indirect sunlight doesn't warm up 7 Now, why is the Earth as much this sand so COLD? Dude! as the direct sunlight we get in the summer. Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that weather can be observed, measured and described; changes in weather and seasons are affected by the Earth’s position. Experiment Tells All Try this experiment to understand the difference between indirect and direct sunlight. Keep track of your work on a separate sheet of paper like the Scientist’s Notebook. Stuff you need 2 metal pie tins or flat pans a sunny winter • watch or clock • a rock day (Fig. 1) direct sunlight What to do: 1. Lay one pan flat on the ground in the direct sunlight. (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2) indirect sunlight SCIENTIST’S NOTEBOOK 2. Tilt the other pan on its side. Lean it against a rock or a shoe. This pan is being hit with indirect sunlight. (Fig.2) 3. Wait three minutes. 4. Which pan is warmer? Standards Link: Investigation: Students will make predictions based on observation; answer meaningful questions and draw conclusions. Question Hypothesis Observation Conclusion Which pan do you think will feel warmer after three minutes in the winter sun? What do you think the answer to the question is? • pan in direct sunlight • pan in indirect sunlight Which pan was warmer in three minutes? • pan in direct sunlight • pan in indirect sunlight Was your hypothesis correct? What did you learn from this experiment? Without the Sun ... Without the sun we wouldn’t have newspapers because newsprint is made from trees and trees need the sun to grow. Look through the newspaper for other things that need the sun to exist. Standards Link: Language Arts/Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Sun Spot Mystery Kid Scoop Word Search The sun is covered with spots! Use the spots to solve the mystery questions. How far is the sun from the Earth? PM million miles (149.6 million km) How long does it take the sun to make one complete rotation? s What is the diameter of the sun? miles. (1.4 million km) Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know about the sun, planets and stars. WARNING! Never look directly at the sun as this can damage your eyesight! SUNLIGHT EXPERIMENT Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally. SUMMER MILES SI SEHTOPYH PAPER DALLABWONS DIAMETER IWNIREMMUS HYPOTHESIS AS SDNXTNER METAL MIMETALRSE WINTER E X P E RIM EN T SAND TARSGTLPUN SNOWBALL PAN AXIS E EOHS IN AS I R HTIMN AP N W SHOE Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Kid Scoop is presented by 2. The headline usually tells what happened. This is called an effect. Read aloud to your learning buddy the first paragraph of the article. Does this tell you the cause? Read the rest of the article aloud. After each paragraph, stop and discuss what you have learned about what caused the news reported in the headline. Complete the following: HEADLINE (effect): CAUSE(s): NAME: NAME OF LEARNING BUDDY: Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Distinguish between cause and effect in text. Kid Scoop • VOCABULARY © BUILDERS d This week’s word: HYPOTHESIS I The noun hypothesis 0 means a suggestion or guess not proved but the basis for further study. 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