First Original Post Created by Second Graders Posted on Blog!!

Josie T. and Nate worked independently during writing to create this week's blog post and art work.  Congratulations!  All children will be writing their own posts soon.  Stay tuned.

"What Causes Day and Night?"  by Josie T. and Nate

What Causes Day and Night

Written (and typed) and Illustrated by Nate and Josie T.

On December 12th 2013,  Ms. Burgay told us about what makes the Day and Night. The spinning Earth and the Sun make Day and Night. The Earth spins and when America is pointing to the Sun it is day. When America is not pointing to the Sun it is night. We did a fun experiment to see if it was true. We took Jared, the birthday boy, to do it first. All the other kids were sitting on the rug. Ms. Burgay put a lamp on a chair and Jared stood in front of it. He also had a map around his stomach with an alien to show where we live. We turned the lamp on and it was our night because the alien was pointing away from the lamp. As Jared turned counterclockwise just like the Earth it became sunrise because the Earth was moving towards the Sun light. As the Earth keeps spinning it becomes day and then sunset and then back to night.  We really enjoy learning about the Earth and Sun.